>> well, they are complete misreadings of the windsor last year. and there was a misreading of what happened last summer. first of all, the defense of marriage act was not struck down. only amendment three. and to recognize and not recognize marriages from other states. and on proposition eight was not found unconstitutional simply put the people of california were denied their right of the vote by not being given standing in that. and so out of those decisions we have this complete misreading of windsor. what windsor did last year was impose on the federal government the requirement that they respect the state's definition of marriage. in new york they demanded that the federal government recognize her marriage in new york, and windsor decision found that they had to do that. it said nothing about other states recognizing same-sex marriage. what we had in virginia, utah, oklahoma are misreadings of the windsor, and that was clearly indicated when the 10th circuit as well as the federal judge in utah and stayed their decision which indicates they b

let me show you what we found north of here in windsor. completely overflowing with water.s creek run-off heading for the russian river. it's a couple of feet deep in some places. so the road is closed as a precaution, but for the locals with four-wheel drives that was just an innovation to plow through some floodwaters and kids were having a field day stomping around in. it for rural residents this steady soaking rain is good for the drought and go for them personally. >> oh, yes, we're on a well and without water, the water table doesn't get filled. so then we're without come july and august. so it's a big concern for us. >> reporter: makes the water sound even better. >>absolutely. >> reporter: the worst damage so far in sonoma county this 40' landslide of guerneville. so tomorrow of course everyone bracing for more. the expectation of more overflow and potentially more road closures, but in all of the hours that we have been up here this afternoon and evening, the rain has been light at time and heavy at times, but never stopped once. reporting in rohnert park, debora v

>> the windsor case came down at the end of june.ince that decision there have been 15 court decisions in courts throughout the country in places like as you mentioned, kentucky, virginia, utah, oklahoma, all relying on windsor. i don't think that's surprising at all. windsor is about the core dignity of gay people and how they have the same type of dignity and should get the same respect as everyone else. once the supreme court has said that as i predicted back in the summer, it's all over about the shouting much it was like the battle of normandy and we've rerecaptured paris. >> it lays it out over and over again so it's hard to find wiggle room in that. we talk about frl cases, you gave the tally of 15, i believe 13 decisions have referenced windsor at the subfederal level, district courts. what do you think needs to happen at the state level versus federal? >> the kind of dialogue we're seeing right now between legislatures and the people and media like yourself ronan and the courts is healthy. that's what the constitutional syst

they are basing the decision on the windsor decision saying that federal benefits could not be denied to legally matter same-sex couples. they allow them who is allowed to be married. tony perkins said holder's announcement is yet another illustration of the lawlessness of this administration. he said the court was conspicuously silent on the status of such couples when they reside in the state that considers them unmarried. the obama's administration's hate runs counter to the windsor's decision on the federal government's obication to defer to the state definitions of marriage. holder announces the department of justice will recognize married, gay, and lesbian couples in bankruptcy cases and rules governing federal inmates. back to you. >> thanks so much. >> let's turn overseas now. to the desperate situation that continues in syria. workers continue the delivery of food and supplies primarily to the city of homes and they are trying to evacuate dozens of civilians that have been trapped by the continuing civil war. forces reportedly broke a ceasefire yesterday and an attack include

here's what's important about that windsor decision. it said that all of the justifications that were cited by congress in passing doma were illegitimate and could not sustain that law. they were completely impermissible. those same justifications were the justifications cited by state legislatures in passing state marriage bans and justice scalia was extremely helpful in pointing that out. >> camilla taylor with land of legal. thank you so much for your time tonight. happy valentine's day. >>> joining me now, business insider, msnbc contributor josh barro. so the pace at which this is moving legally is amazing. the pace at which it's moving in public opinion is equally amazing. astonishing, even, i would say. institutionally, the republican party seems to be dragging its feet a little bit on this. >> a little bit but you're seeing an interesting split. we were just talking about the ninth circuit in the decision about laws that discriminate against gays. that underlay a decision in nevada in the last couple weeks not to pursue an appea

taking additional steps to further advance this fundamental truth, and to give real meaning to the windsor decision. >> edie windsor is a lesbian whoslesbian--under the new poliy same sex spouses will now qualify for benefits within federal programs like the september 11th victim compensation fund and in federal prisons same sex spouses will now have visitation rights. it applies to legally married gay couples even if they live in states that do not recognize same-sex marriage. >> this means that in every courthouse, in every proceeding, and in every place where a member of the department of justice stands on behalf of the united states they will strife to insure that same-sex marriages receive the same privileges, the same protections, and the same rights as opposite sex marriages under federal law. >> the announcement comes as the attorney generals in some states face battles. a lawsuit in federal suing the state for discrimination on the grounds that same sex couples who live in wisconsin and go out of state to marry could face prosecution when they return to the state. at the same time

lee read an article on cnn about jean windsor. she lost her job as a home health care worker a year ago. her extended unemployment benefits ran out last year. she considered selling her living room furniture to help make the mortgage payment. help from the fed? no, from bissell. she wrote her a check to pay off her mortgage. this story struck us and clearly it struck you, too. lee, what was it about jean's story that made you want to do something? >> she say health care worker. she takes care of people like my husband. my husband has a rare form of dementia. he is in the end stage. he has lived in assisted living and it is people like jean windsor who have taken care of him and what i came to experience was that they didn't just take care of my husband and the other residents, they took care of us as well. so, i realized that is a profession that is a calling. >> what did jean say when you said you wanted to reach out to her? >> i was put in touch with her through cnn. i wrote her an e-mail. i said i hope she would let me do this

windsor, colorado. >>> and 50 years after beatle mania exploded in the united states, a return to thelish port city where it all began. that's coming up next on al jazerra america. we have to redoubt the service left or put off the purchase the fire engines, ambulances. >> my cash flow is cut in half. >> reporter: with his hours cut michael haney believes it will be a struggle to pay his bills. >> i would rather be at the fire hours, i have said it before it's a rewarding job. it's a career that will change you. >> reporter: fire departments want congress to approve waivers for part-time employees before they have to change the level of service they provide. jim, al jazerra. windsor, colorado. >>> and 50 years after beatle mania exploded in the united states, a return to the english port city where it all began. that's coming up next on al jazerra america. >>> good afternoon and welcome back to al jazerra america. a am morgan radford here on today's headlines. more attacks on convoys in homs and the u.n. says it won't be discouraged more than 600 people have been evacuated from the ci

you.chard windsor, thank he was joining us in dubai.e will be back after a short break. ♪ >> welcome back to "countdown." i am anna edwards. vans.e back with garry e the emerging on markets theme. that has been a big thing since the start of this year here bill gross saying that china is the mystery link in emerging markets. not really sure what is going on there. seem a lack of visibility for you? >> when you look at the pmi's, they have come down. gdp growth.e they do more disgusting us to get. the other thing about china is that last year, there was one group that did very well. that was private sector companies. >> and the chinese government is trying to make that bigger part of the economy. >> indeed. the state owned companies would probably suffer shared the profits will suffer. that is a problem. >> where do you invest? are you selective in investing in some of the private ones? >> if you do buy the avid sector businesses, the countries that have a good current account position in which you have got a great story, mexico is the o

windsor striking down the federal government's ban on recognizing gay and lesbian couples who are legally married. this marked a critical step forward, and a resounding victory for equal treatment and equal protection under the law. more recently and partly in response to the windsor decision a number of state attorneys general, including those in pennsylvania, nevada, virginia and, just last week, oregon, have reached similar determinations after applying heightened scrutiny to laws in their states concerning same-sex marriage. any decisions at any level not to defend individual laws must be exceedingly rare. they must be reserved only for exceptional circumstances. and they must never stem merely from policy or political disagreements, hinging instead on firm constitutional grounds. but in general, i believe we must be suspicious of legal classifications based solely on sexual orientation. and we must endeavor in all of our efforts to uphold and advance the values that once led our forebears to declare unequivocally that all are created equal and entitled to equal opportunity. this bedr

it the windsor 12 miles per hour. it feels like it is in the 30's for much of the region. 36 in frederick and 39 in culpeper. temperatureshe dropping across the region. this is about a 20 degree difference in temperature from the weekend. high-pressure is going to build in behind this front. that is going to draw in the cool breeze. if you are not seeing stars right now you will of the next hour. we do have a few changes ahead. are we a couple of weak disturbances that may bring a chance of snow. it will not be a big deal. stay nice and clear today. overnight, the clouds will increase once again. tomorrow in the afternoon we could see a few flurries. today, it is mostly sunny and cooler. the high will be the mid to upper 40's. tomorrow a few flurries might be possible. our high on wednesday will only be in the 30's. snow and chance of rain showers on saturday. let's get the weight is -- latest on the roads. >> this is the start of the workweek. unto 70some activity north. we will start with her traffic tracker. is along 270. where started to build southbound the. we also h

because we are not trying to discrimination or change the windsor decision. my legislation is narrowly tailored and i spent a lot of time writing it because i wanted to make sure we were not trying to overturn windsor in any way and some people might want to do that but this just tells the american people if they have a deeply held religious belief on marriage, they are not going to be discriminated against by the federal government. and i think it is just pretty simple legislation that the american people can agree to. >> do you have some democrats in mind ready to support this. >> we have a couple of democrats that are co-sponsors and we have several that said they would support it when it comes to the house floor. >> wonderful. for sarah. what are some of the ways that the redefinition of marriage has threatened americans religious liberty. >> so as austin mentioned, we have instances in states where the redefinition of marriage coupled with sexual orientation laws and nondiscrimination policies have combined to threaten people's religious freedom. so adf

that stretch of rain heading down toward windsor. also picking up some moderate rain heading east to the lucas valley. san rafael, moderate rain. and finally, we're starting to see some moderate rain out toward concord. pittsburgh. leyland road just in the last 15, 20 minutes. very heavy downpour and heading out toward antioch as well in oakley. and even santa cruz now picking up some moderate rain. this new pool of moisture will make its way from the north bay to the south bay tomorrow. and here's our storm risk. north bay will be high. street flooding will be medium. mud rock slides, wind damage slides. flooding low and up to five inches. maybe even a little more expected in some of our wettest areas. san francisco 57 degrees, 51 in san jose. and sfo, you can count on more flight delays throughout the day tomorrow. we are all pretty much, especially in the north bay, mid up toer 50s. concord right now 55. here's a look at our forecast highlights. rainy and breezy overnight. the heaviest rain tonight will be in the north bay and a s

moderate rain in these areas, pushing into windsor but check out sonoma. right there is where some moderate rain is moving in. we have already had flooding problems on 12 near shellville where the road there has started to wash out a bit and that has since prompted a new watch for all of the north bay. a flash flood watch that includes coastal range as well as the valley areas and including the mountain areas until 3:00 tomorrow afternoon. and we are talking an excess of three as much as five additional inches of rainfall as a secondary plume of moisture makes its way inland overnight, tonight and tomorrow. coming up, we'll show you the very impressive rainfall totals so far. >>> thank you so much. the flash flood warning kept people in the area on alert today. >> this was the message from the national weather service alerting everyone of a flash flood warning for sonoma county. conditions north and south were a wet, rainy and challenging mess. the rain that started on thursday has not taken a break with the heaviest amounts falling in the north bay. >> we

he's one of 12 part-time at windsor firefighter rescue. >> if michael ainley his druthers, i would bee all the time. >> reporter: for haney, firefighting is his dream job. he used to work 50 hours a week but starting in 2014, the part-timers had their hours cut to less than 29 hours a week. if they work more than that, they would be classified as full time under the affordable care act and the department would have to pay their health insurance. >> this is our apparatus bay where we keep the equipment here in station one. >> reporter: chief herb brady says they don't have the budge tote cover additional insurance costs on top of the $400,000 it already spends. >> and we would supply health insurance to all of our employees if we could. if we were asked to bring on another 12, for example, that could cost us around $76,000. >> reporter: charlotte colton is a benefits expert for the payroll company amcheck. >> how do they get the money? the excess funds are not in the budget. it's not like they just find the money and have it. it's restricted. >> reporter: what is really hurting the fir

the windsor from the southwest. is 34 in hagerstown and 30 ford martinsburg. winchester is still at freezing. there has been 1/3 of an inch of ice there. front is passing through and we will see the wind change directions to the northwest and we will start to watch the skies clear. in northern maryland, they will be lucky to reach 40. south of d.c., we could hit 50 this afternoon. the freezing rain comes to an and and gradual clearing will take place. i tonight, we are expecting partly cloudy skies. 20'sll drop back into the overnight so everyone is below freezing. tomorrow afternoon, we get above freezing once again and all that ice that has collected will start to break off and drop down in chunks. a word of caution for that for tomorrow. daye look at the seven forecast, things look at on friday but things are changing for the weekend. you have for the advertising of this monster storm that will come our way this weekend. we are not sure it will be a monster storm. right now, it looks a little weaker than what we thought initially. it looks more like snow th

windsor, napa, oakland 41. mountain view 37. likely below freezing in fair field as well. give a report card. snow pack got a boost over the weekend, but 18%. reservoirs are up 1%, but below half of what is normal and half is up 2%, but 17%, we are taking steps forward. we have a long way to go. we may make up a nice chunk of that. here's why. that ridge of high pressure which was our enemy for rain fall for so many weeks and months is now actually going to be our friend. same ridge, because it will now guide or steer storms into the bay area because the storm track isn't up in canada isn't right over top of us. next storm, right into the bay area. a quarter of an inch on thursday. then over the weekend, the ridge, which is now our friend, is diving down to the south, rides over the northern california. 2 inches of rain fall. some parts of the north bay and right now the latest computer model information says one inch of rain. that would provide a dent in that rain fall deficit. so iv on the next seven days a wet commute. that is a good thing. san jose, your average high i

we have been around this area for the last couple hours, and this village is not the hardest hit, windsorthe river -- you can't even distinguish where the river starts and where it ends. and we talked to adam hind from northern end -- england, he is a water expert. >> it's all over the country, now, isn't it? it has been a gradual thing, hasn't it? the prolonged rain. but we'll cope. >> reporter: and this problem is not just here. across southern england you see villages like this. just here there are 5,000 people, 900 homes have been evacuated by the river thames just a few hundred yards this way. we have talked to residents here who some are staying some are leaving because they can't stay anymore when their water gets into the ground floor. electricity has come in as well. the army is here at night protecting homes, but during the day it's mostly the local people taking care of things. >> and i understand david cameron is pledging financial relief. to what extent? >> reporter: he has said there is no element on the money to be spent here. he recognizes the government has been heavily c

i think if you look at justice scalia's dissent in the windsor opinion which was the 2013 opinion handed last summer, he called the majority opinion's reasoning rootless and shifting were terms he used. what he meant it was up in the air as to whether or not this was a state's power decision or whether it was a gay rights decision. because if you interpret it as the problem with the federal defense of marriage act was that it failed to recognize marriages for federal purposes. that the states, themselves, had recognized. that would be a state's powers issue because marriage has traditionally been as all family law is a matter of state law. this is a presumptive matter. so if that had been the ground of the ruling, that wouldn't have had that much effect on state bans because it's a state prerogative to define marriage, they can define it how they will. on the other hand, if you read it as a gay rights decisions, that means restrictions on him sex marriage are just as obnoxious to the constitution as the federal denial of benefits was. of these two interpretations, we don't know which one

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west of laguna, western, rohnert park, the lower portions of mark west and windsor creeks and eastern petaluma. >> here's a drought, baby. >> reporter: petaluma is also where we find little paolo his brand-new boots and his mom all out for a stroll in the rain. are you enjoying the rain? >> yes. can you shake your head yes? you want to go splash in puddles? >> reporter: just 15 months old, this is paolo's first real rainfall ever and mom did not want him to miss it. >> that's mark kelly reporting. don knapp is in marin county checking out the reservoirs and how much of a difference 8" of rain can make. don. >> reporter: brian, this is exactly what we have been waiting for. you know, it's inconvenient for everybody. the water is running off the hillsides into the streets and the neighborhoods. but the runoff is what we wanted and we weren't going to get it in mind hills got saturated. it's running off into the lakes and reservoirs that are marin county's water supply. pumps near central san rafael stay ahead of falling rain by lifting drainage water and dumping it into a canal leading

west of laguna, western, rohnert park, the lower portions of mark west and windsor creeks and eastern petaluma. >> here's a drought, baby. >> reporter: petaluma is also where we find little paolo his brand-new boots and his mom all out for a stroll in the rain. are you enjoying the rain? >> yes. can you shake your head yes? you want to go splash in puddles? >> reporter: just 15 months old, this is paolo's first real rainfall ever and mom did not want him to miss it. cute kid there. now, driving along 101 definitely interesting today. we saw everything from good amounts of water on the road making driving a little dicey to even a rockslide. but, of course, the national weather service still saying with all the rain we got today, still not enough to overcome that drought, ann. >> all right. a bit more for you tomorrow. thanks, mark, for joining us. appreciate it. >> reporter: you bet. >>> mix rain with dirt and you get mud. that was especially true in sonoma county. heavy rain made a mud slide. crews put up traffic cones and diverted traffic. it appeared one truck was driving in the vic

we have had many reports of many roadways out here off to the east of petaluma, and areas around windsor creek, seeing flooding. that continues to head up to places like sonoma park expressway, and down around casa grande road. rain coming down too fast causing a number of problems on the roadways in the north bay. joining us live is monty francis with how extremely wet those conditions are, and still, monty, we're seeing flooding out there on the road. >> reporter: well, rob, that's right. we're just south of the city of sonoma on highway 121 which you can see has been shut down because of flooding. i would say there's at least a foot of water here at this intersection and it's still raining. there's no sign this water will be receding anytime soon. this is just one of several roads flooded here in sonoma county today. in fact, earlier today, a mudslide caused a slide down a hill and tore through a house that had already been evacuated. that road has been closed indefinitely. in other parts of the county, the problems aren't that severe, but driving treacherous and at times dangerous. >

>> we have more than half a dozen cows and calfs in the road up in windsor on windsor road.och, not as bad. but the eastshore freeway is looking congested from hercules down through emeryville. you can see there's a little bit of red there at the toll plaza before the richmond bridge. we have reports of a car fire at an emergency parking lot there. also slow going in marin county on 101 southbound through -- from novato down to san rafael. we have a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, sort of been like this all morning. you've had a 15 to 20-minute wait into san francisco. and last but not least 101 through san jose, traffic on the right-hand side of your screen is inching along towards the airport. 7:48. back to the desk. no. to steve. forgive me. i changed my mind. >>> you are allowed to do that. we have a lot of high clouds over us. it's cold out there. a lot of 30s. didn't take long for the clouds to roll in. things are changing. mostly cloudy. wednesday, night, thursday. rain moving north to south. some of the amounts are starting to get ramped up a little bit especially

. >> rose: windsor partners. >> windsor media, and terry was the head of warner brothers pictures and yahoo for a while, and the other is -- >> rose: bob daily. >> right. cohead, and the other one is nbc news pat dilley crushell is the head of that and the two are minority investors and with nbc we also have a partnership agreement for our journalists. >> they needed more tech news they are very interested in and haven't been very aggressive. >> rose: you went to the wall street journal and said we are going out on our own to do that, did they say, no, no, no you can't do that we will make it so attractive you can't leave or what did they say? >> i think over the years we never had gotten an investment for dow jones over the two different owners they had. we had been profitable and made money and walt and i did really well in terms of making money there, but there was never any investment idea we thought was much bigger and so when you are sort of covering and i have where you think of growth and where uh i don't can go if the company you are with does want to invest and happy just ma

unannounced visit to the members of the military build walls of sandbags to protect a community near windsor castle. >> thank you. and now to the worsening picture from syria those crucial peace talks on hold and it couldn't comment at a worse moment. 3,400 believed to be killed. ? just the last two weeks after government accused of dropping barrel bombs. the president seen here meeting with the king in the last 24 hours. abc is in the region for us and alec what should we make of these talks on hold? >> reporter: david, the bottom line here is that we're as far away as ever from any sort of peace solution. the opposition says there's no point in even having another round unless it's about getting rid of bashar al-assad and setting up a transitional government. the focus should be on ending terrorism from the other side. the fallout is on full display here in lebanon where thousands of syrian refugees have poured across the border threeing some of the worst fighting. the chances of accomplishing anything are looking slim. >>> back home to an emotional and brave moment from a young actress on

department is taking additional steps to further advance the fundamental truth and to give meaning to the windsor decision. i will issue a policy memorandum on monday. that will formally strct all justice department employees to give lawful same s marriages full and qul recognition. >> here is what he is proposing: >> this includes advice dags, furnitures and compassionate release. couples must be legally married. it applies to states that do not recognise quay yupions. >> the united nations says it will keep trying to keep those trapped. >> the u.n.'s head of humanitarian affairs is disappointed. >> the aid workers were trying to hand out supplies in oms. shelling -- homs. shelling and gunfire stopped their work. >> it took most of the day for the convoys to get into homs, only to come under fire as soon as they arrived. >> tens of civilians were injured. a mortar shell landed near a vehicle, and another was shot at >> we got two trucks. we had a car and some others for the u.n. team. the more tar shells fell near the place. >> the syria government said terrorists and the city were responsible.

reporter: even the royals pitching in prince harry and william helping to protect a community near windsor castle. abc news, london. >>> now the worsening picture fromming syria those crucial peace talks on hold. a new number tonight. 3,400 people believed of the within killed after government forces accused of drofling barrel bombs. >>> tonight the president seen here meeting with the king in the last 24 hours. abc's alex marquardt in the region. what should we make of these talks on hold? >> reporter: the bottom line is we are as far away as ever for my sort of peaceful solution. the opposition says there no point of having another round of talks unless getting rid of bashar al assad. the ree seem says the focus should be on what is ending terrorism on the other side. thousands of syrian refugees pouring across the border and fleeing some of the worst fighting of the war. the question is whether diplomatic efforts are dead. no date has been set for more talks and the chances are looking increasingly slim. david. >> alex, thank you. >>> back here at home and to an ecemotional and brave mo

a case that she brought, the case that had edie windsor's name on it, the united states versus windsorts with what feels like lightning speed. federal judges have struck down gay marriage bans in utah and the state of nevada says it will no longer defend the state ban. a federal judge struck down a state ban on same sex marriage. 17 states and the district of columbia now allow same-sex unions. the country is changing at a rapid pace and the question now is whether that change can be measured by the yard. is the nfl ready to embrace what would be its first openly gay player? [ male announcer ] a year after hurricane sandy, moonachie, new jersey, firefighters were still rebuilding their own house with limited funds for the most important necessities. ugh...this toilet paper's like sandpaper. [ male announcer ] that's when the charmin relief project came to the rescue. holy charmin. [ male announcer ] delivering over 10,000 rolls of bath tissue. charmin not only saved the day. charmin saved our butts. [ male announcer ] making a firehouse feel like home again. one more way the charmin re

clearlake ukiah, getting rainfall early this evening and windsor. one heavier cell advancing before everything out toward half moon bay and pacifica. you see that yellow there, that would be some moderate rainfall. so we have rain coming, plenty more up to our north. that all has to work through the bay area over the next several hours. so what change? why are we going to rainfall? that ridge of high pressure that was blocking every storm from making it here was our enemy, now it's our friend because it's moved to a place that actually will carry the storms right into northern california and this first wave of rainfall that comes through tonight and tomorrow is going to give us a decent amount of rain everywhere in the bay area, predicted to get more than half inch of rain. the rain hitting the north bay this evening. rain throughout the day tomorrow, a brief break early friday, and then round 2, that's the doozy. heavy rainfall is likely for the weekend. wait until you see how much rain is going to fall! we'll have that coming up with your full sev

snout to the windsor live baits and salty and the bungled noises one goal for the netherlands in the one thousand meter speedskating he clocked a time of one man and a point thirty nine seconds. the race favored son david said the united states only managed eight. in the women's downhill there wasn't one but two hands cannot maasai of slovenia and denmark's dominique teams in bowl crossed a line with exactly the same time another gold medal for germany in the nordic combined after weighing the ski jumping accidental stormed to victory in the ten kilometer cross country and with the listener the event completed and sent to you let's go look now at the medals table. yes let's take a look. germany has the most gold medals right now and six canada and norway they each have four goals norway has the most medals in total twelve including three silvers and five bronze medals. but still live to saatchi now we're joined by our correspondent there barbara moore far as the cia goals galore for germany right now i guess the atmosphere must be pretty electric for the german side well jay z everyb

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she is still the focus of international attention but suck cos that now the latest to windsor and a big updates as my colleagues have an island. here are the rory nice to see to drive replaced been a great day here again sent to the weather has held off no right or even like that and the it said promising to be my state of the conditions for what awaits in the full domestic up with aces bulk of the headlines told about twenty although scientists faces here today as well. it is day four of course of the winton takes in solitude is now drawing to a close but as you can see daylight me of things still very much shed light on the lit the flame very much alike as well walk that day it has been. spain's state all go for co than it has turned out to be russia's heroine in the pos couple of hours. she won the hosts of the medal on tuesday she won a silver for russian bought so that there is another gold on the horizon in the days ahead that is because a russian couple are in the lead off an astonishing performance in the first round of the head as big as they take the aquatic cupola to find out

as you can see some of the neighborhoods up towards bodega bay, windsor and sebastopol. we're talking about amounts over an inch or several inches, but not the case today. just a fraction of that. on live stormtracker 2, that is coming up for you right now, you can see the coverage out. there the one change is developing is this southern portion of the system beginning to approach areas south of the golden gate bridge. you can see the greens and possibly some more heavier showerses approaching the coast. closer inspection towards pillar point around half moon bay, highway 1, this will be increased in coverage in the short-term, moving across the bay, just in the short-term for late tonight into tomorrow morning. coming up we'll continue track the rainshowerses and also a few more changes developing for the second half of the weekend. >> our taken coverage tcp/ips can john sasaki, who joins us from san rafael, where it's been raining on and off throughout the evening. >> reporter: ken a wet night in marin is common during winter, but this winter is anything, but average.

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floodwaters poured into windsor castle - queen elizabeth's homes. 17 homes north of london were evacuatedn a 65 foot sink hole opened up. a cab driver died when part of a building collapsed on part of her parked car. >> and a report on how british authorities are preparing for more flooding. >> the weather in the u.k. changed for the better. the challenge for britain and london is how to take advantage of the weather in a 2-day period of better weather. what they are doing is shoring up defenses for a return of heavy inclement rain. the other challenge is how to deal with the aftermath of what has been a long period of bad rain storms. they have downed powerlines, there are disruptions to transport systems because of uprooted trees and, of course, there's the lingering floodwaters that are still in a number of areas of the country. the other challenge that they face is how to take lessons from what has happened. certainly there'll be an inquiry. >> david cameron is asem bling his study group, and they'll look into how things went wrong, and if anybody was responsible, and who was dropping

. >> legally it's significant because last year united states supreme court in the windsor case finallyconstitutional to not recognize same-sex marriages for purposes of federal benefits. the department of justice and other parts of the administration, now they have a green light to go ahead and say, look, we can't wait on congress necessarily to do everything but we can do what's within our power to change things we have control over. >> okay. page pate, appreciate the insight. >>> major reversal and apology coming from aol ceo tim armstrong. you remember this one last week when he talked about how two of his employees distressed babies cost that company a lot of money. he cited those babies and the cost of obamacare as the reason he made changes to workers retirement plans. as you might expect, now he's apologizing and reversing the changes to the 401(k) plans. >>> now to this dramatic testimony in the so-called music murder trial. it will resume, man accused of opening fire into an suv full of teens after arguing with one of them over loud music. a teen was shot and killed. he said h

in windsor,01 connecticut, you're on the air. caller: the affordable care act, there are some money this -- provisions that people like, that will not stop you from government insurance, but any bill this large will have problems with it. all,, the real shame of it all the money and all the brainpower that the republicans have put into defeating this, trying to overturn this, if they had taken all of their resources and worked with the democrats to try to work out the problems to contain the bill this big, we may have a bill that would be very good. that, to me is the real shame of everything that has happened. host: calling in from connecticut. been part of the affordable care act -- have a always supported or had concerns with the aca? let me take a step back from that. long business owners have been concerned with the high cost of health insurance. it has been the number one problem since 1986. the concern with costs and affordability of health insurance as well predated the affordable care act. as the affordable care act has

last summer, supreme court made a historic decision in united states versus windsor was checking on the ban on recognizing gay and lesbian couples that are legally married. this is equal treatment and equal protection under the law vidmar recently and partly in response to the windsor decision, a number of state attorneys, including those in pennsylvania, nevada and last week in oregon have reached similar determinations after playing heightened scrutiny to laws in their states concerning same-sex marriage. any decisions at any level not to defend individual laws must be exceedingly rare. they must be reserved only for exceptional, truly exceptional circumstances and they must never stand from policy for political disagreements. henge against apple man firm constitutional ground. in general, i believe we must be suspicious of legal classifications based solely on sexual orientation i must endeavor in all of our efforts to uphold and advance the values that once let our forebears who declared unequivocally that all are treated equal and entitled to equal opportunity. >> there was part of

>> last year the united states supreme court in the windsor case finally held it is unconstitutional to not recognize same-sex marriages for purposes of federal benefits. department of justice and other parts of the administration have a green light to say, look, we can't wait on congress to do everything but we can do what's within our power to change things we have control over. >> attorney general holder is expected to issue that memo tomorrow. >>> dramatic testimony in the loud music murder trial. michael dunn charged with first degree murder for opening fire into an suv full of teenagers and killing one of them. dunn had been arguing with them for playing loud music. yesterday his fiancee took the stand and here is more. >> court is in recess but the third day of the trial proved to be an emotional one. dunn's fiancee took the stand and described it as lasting forever. >> what did you hear? >> i heard pop, pop, pop. >> when you heard those noises did you know what they were? >> no, i didn't. >> michael dunn's fiancee cried when she recalled the moment she knew something was wron

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versus windsor decision, 32 different judges have considered the case of whether it is about the relationshipween state and federal governments or equality? every one has said equality. it is no longer a question of powers, but a fundamental one about equality. the logic -- you can't disagree with it. >> this is no longer -- the terrain is no longer ideological. it's legal. it's on the law. when it's on the law, lgbt couples win. >> happy valentine's day to you. >> thanks, alex. >>> the white house has issued new guidelines on banks and businesses who sell legal marijuana. i'll talk to you all about pot, profit, and oversight coming up next. now trublend has the perfect blend for each of us. [ female announcer ] covergirl p!nk. blend of rockstar and mama bear. her trublend? light 4. it blends in. doesn't build up for a flawless nude look. [ female announcer ] find your trublend at easy, breezy, beautiful covergirl. did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop by the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea. alright, whenever you get your stuff, run upstairs, get cle

that wasn't the case earlier in windsor where unrelenting rain caused flash flooding. throughout the day one car after the next drove through the flooded roads. >> it is a rush. >> others avoided the risk altogether. he chose to ride his bike instead. >> the roads are pretty bad in sonoma county. if you are driving on them through water you can't see the potholes and you will probably stall out. >> in addition to the flooded streets the storm toppled trees. the oak stood tall before it scam crashing down -- it came crashing down damaging a car and a fence. as for highway 121 there is no official word when it will re-open. but i spoke to a cal trans worker and he thinks it will be cleared overnight. live in shellville, lilian kim, abc7 news. >> thank you, lilian. new at 11:00, heavy flooding has closed woods and parks. this was the pellican inn. visitors looking to visit those locations should check to see if they are open beforehand. floodwaters covered parts of here is how it looked at the elementary school. it didn't cause too many headaches for drivers. investigator

, they are very similar arguments because the united states supreme court this past summer in the windsor case issued a landmark decision. and they said that the federal law that at that time secluded legally married same-sex couples from over 1,000 rights and protections under federal law, that heterosexual couples have, they said that was unconstitutional because it undermines the dignity and respect we should have for all committed couples. so that principle of respect and dignity now is being applied to many different states where they have state bans that seclude same sex couples from being married in their home states. >> there is a parallel action, state level versus federal level in that governors are taking a side that they are not taking a side. stepping back from the equation. >> it's a really positive site on all fronts. , both the governor and the attorney general saying, look can, these laws are unconstitutional. we are great her to protect all citizens not just some. pennsylvania's seclusion of same sex couples from marriage is unconstitutional. she refused to defend the la