brian brown is against the bill.n mary snow's piece just before the break, he's part of the national organization for marriage. mr. brown, we have already said you're against it. you have republicans who are supporting this new bill, are you worried? are you nervous about it? >> well, obviously it's crunch time right now, in 2009, we heard from the lead response sorry tom duane that the votes were there and the bill ended up being defeated 38-4. so the notion that this is a done deal is wrong. what we're doing right now, there are thousands of calls going in to senators. the legislature should not be deciding something as important as marriage. the voters of new york should have the same ability as every other state, this has been put to a vote, they have all said no, we know what marriage is, we know it's unique and special, and we do not want it redefined. >> you say the voter also decide. but this is -- this is a recent poll here. 58% of new yorkers support same-sex marriage while more than one-quarter of voters o

and then brian brown is against the bill.the president of the national organization for marriage. supporters is claim they have the votes they need. so i asked brian brown, a very direct question. here we go. >> are you worried? are you nervous about it? >> well, obviously, it's crunch time right now. but you know, again in 2009, we heard from the lead sponsor tom dwayne that the votes were there and is the bill ended up being defeated. so the notion this is a done deal is wrong. what we're doing right now is there are thousands of calls going into senators. the legislature should not be deciding something as important as the future of marriage. the voters of new york should have the same ability as 31 other states, every single state that this has been put to a vote, the voters directly have said no. we know what marriage is. it's unique and special and we do not want it redefined. >> listen to this though. you said the voters will decide. but 58%, this is a recent poll, 58% of new yorkers support same-sex marriage while mor

supporters claim they have the votes they need, so i asked brian brown a very direct question, here we >> are you worried? are you nervous about it? >> obviously, it is crunch time, but we heard from the lead sponsor dwight white that the votes were there, but the notion nate is a done deal is wrong. there are thousands of calls going into the senators and the legislature should not be deciding anything as important as the future of marriage. the new york voters should have the same ability as 31 other states and every other state that it has been put to a vote and the voters have said directly no. we know it is unique and special and we don't want it redefined. >> but listen to this. you said the voters will decide. but 58%, this is a recent poll, 58% of new yorkers support same-sex marriage while more than one-quarter of voters say the measure along with extending regulation laws, it's a big deal in new york is one of their top two priorities. 58%. are you sure you want to take it to the voters? >> absolutely sure. we saw polls just like this in california and in maine. polls that we

brian brown of the national organization for marriage says republicans who support it will face consequences next election. the group is pledge $1 million to finance primary challenges. >> right now there are only two republicans who have said that they are going to vote to redefine marriage. we are definitely going to be involved in those races. i think they are making a tragic mistake. and they need to be held accountable by the voters. >> one of the factors stalling the bill, some republicans are concerned about protections for religious institutions and organizations against the potential for litigation if this bill becomes law. t.j.? >> all right. thanks as always, to our mary snow. >>> well, we can report that the golf summit is now under way. president obama versus house speaker john boehner. are they just going to be tackling the greens or are they actually tackling some tough issues out there? our golf expert, brianna keilar, she's also a warehouse correspondent, joining me live next. >>> hi, i'm sergeant benjamin canaday, just want to say happy father's day, dad, love you. mom, dad

brian brown of the national organization for marriage says republicans who support it will face consequenceext election. the group is pledge $1 million to finance primary challenges. >> right now, there are only two republicans who have said that they are going to vote to redefine marriage. we are definitely going to be involved in those races. i think they are making a tragic mistake, and they need to be held accountable by the voters. >> now, one of the factors stalling the bill, there are concerns among some republicans over protections for religious institutions and organizations against the potential for litigation, if the bill becomes law, and there's been a series of negotiations about the language that involves that specific issue. wolf? >> mary, you'll tell us what happens on monday. thanks very, very much. >>> all of us certainly take driving for granted here in the united states, but women drivers in saudi arabia, get this, they could end up in jail just for getting behind the wheel, even though it's not necessarily illegal. now some are trying to become a driving force for chang

brian stowe. >>catherine: >>catherine: that the state budget battle gov. jerry brownnced that it, to an agreement on an alternate budget plan trying to close the budget deficit of $12 billion. that begins july 1st. >>catherine: a day of tragedy. a teenager is a hospital. tonight kron 4 looks at how this happened. we will have reaction from the teenagers friend and take you live to a vigil for the young victim. it is being held right n.l. it is happening in side this building that being held right-now that teenager is fighting for his life. >> 17 year-old brian buchanan is in critical condition in danville. a freak accident at the beach over the weekend. this church group were camping at the sunset state beach near watsonville. this tunnel that he was digging, collapsed rob fladeboe has >>reporter: a bouquet of flowers marks the spot where brian buchanan was trapped under 15 minutes into the sand. using a trap plastic shovel buchanan and others managed to dig a pair of holes side by side. if there were is least 6 ft. deep, the rangers said and they tried to connect tho

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