she is captain zoe bedell. she is one of four plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit filed four months ago challenging the decision. she is currently in the marine corp. reserve. captain bedell, thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> first, let me ask you how you felt today when you heard this news, and did you know it was coming? >> i had no idea it was coming and i was delighted. our lawyers keep saying cautious optimism. this is going to be implemented, a phased approach. there are a lot of areas that i can drag their feet or screw this up. but tonight i'm excited. >> obviously, the devil is in the details, as you said, and a lot remains to be worked out. but in terms of this broad policy being overturned, being left behind, can you explain how the combat seclusion policy affected you in your time in the military? didn't keep you out of afghanistan, obviously. >> it did not. it kept me from competing for jobs that i would have been well qualified for, potentially. everyone thinks about the infantr

we'll talk with marine captain zoe bedell and author and professor kingsley browne.y have different positions on whether women should serve in combat positions. and later this morning, "the shred revolutionary diet." i guess i thushouldn't have had candy bar for breakfast. >> that's not having a baby, right? >> also this morning, nothing is worse than having someone describe the details of a ssicks they had, but apparently this stomach bug going around, is the noro virus. i'm sorry. gross. but this is how people identify whether or not they have this thing. elizabeth cohen in atlanta. why is this one so nasty this time around, elizabeth? >> soledad, it is the perfect storm for this particular stomach bug. so let's go over the three things that make this one really bad. first of all this particular strain, so new, it's called the sydney 2012. first spotted in sydney just last year, we're not immune to it. our bodies haven't seen it before. it comes on full force. highly contagious. just need one or two particles of this virus to get you sick. and a lot of people get t

. >> reporter: until 13 years ago when he settled on bedell sellers in cutchogue on the north fork of10,000 cases of wine annually. is there a pride in being in one of these emerging lesser known markets? >> yes, like the underdog in the football game. it's a little better when you beat the guy who's supposed to win the game. >> reporter: its wines is scored up to 91 points from win spectator, a rare feat for an east coast vineyard. >> these are our barrels for the red wines that we're aging for 2012. >> reporter: rich olsen-harbich is the master winemaker. he says their 2009 merlot was the perfect complement to the bison served at the luncheon. >> something i think it really validates the region as a whole and our company in particular. and it shows that i think long island wines have a seat at the table. >> reporter: new york senator charles schumer was a big reason bedell was served. as chairman of the inaugural committee, he chose to feature new york wines. until a couple of weeks ago, bedell was better known for its artsy bottle labels inspired by michael lynne's other passion, c

equal opportunity. >> that was captain zoe bedell of the marine core reserve and allain donnelly, headperstorm sandy, now the frigid temperatures. find out how storm victims without the heat are dealing with the bitter cold. here ♪ ♪ ooh baby, can i do for you today? ♪ [ female announcer ] need help keeping your digestive balance? align can help. only align has bifantis, a patented probiotic that naturally helps maintain your digestive balance. try align to help retain a balanced digestive system. try the #1 gastroenterologist recommended probiotic. align. >>> if you think it's cold outside, imagine how miserable is it is for people still without power after superstorm sandy. many people riding out the bitter cold winter without heat. our national correspondent, susan candiotti, joins me from staten island which was hard hit in the storm. how are people coping with the cold, and how are their frustrations? >> reporter: imagine how hard it will be. today, for example, it's probably only going to get up into the 20s. with the windchill factor it is cold. people are hunkering down. down t

and captain zoe bedell who served two deployments in afghanistan and is in the marine corps reserves.t fighting the ban on women in combat. congresswoman, i want you to tell me if you can, delineate before today what were the restrictions or limits on what a woman could do as opposed to a male serving officer or enlisted person in the united states military. >> so, chris, women were not allowed to serve in specific jobs. in the army those combat jobs were infantry, armor, artillery. there's a whole list of them. for example, a woman could not become a field artillery officer. the only combat arms branch in the army that was open to women was aviation, which is what i became. didn't mean women weren't serving in combat, and the army recognized that and awards the combat action badge to show that you were engaged in direct combat. so there's two different policies. there's a little bit of a split between the old system that says that women can't serve in these jobs but then also recognizing, oh, yeah, but you are engaging in combat action. >> but they weren't in the military, artillery,