the record from david steve son reports in 2006. >> reporter: hundreds gathered at lands end in san francisco to honor the uss san francisco and the 107 service members who died aboard it at guadal canal. >> you reflect back on the wonderful men we left there who died protecting this country. [ music ] >> reporter: this ceremony is sted yearly at the uss san francisco memorial, built in 1950 from a bridge section of the decommissioned ship. >> it brings back a lot of memories. every time i come here, i came today but people who i knew best on the ship. >> reporter: veterans today spoke of the battle of guadal canal adds one that helped put japan on the defensive during world war ii. other spoke of the personal devastation from the fight. >> i saw a good lot of men die there. >> reporter: he served six years as the captain's cook and as a medic. the rules of racial segregation were ignored during battle as soldiers of different colors you to and died amongst each other. >> but once the battle was over we were completely different from each other and that's a crying shame. >> you went nights be

david steve stevenson has the report. >> reporter: and the main question is, when will the judge allow same-sex marriages to resume. less than 24 hours since the proposition 8 ban was ruled unconstitutional. a couple tied the knot at city hall. both are encouraged by yesterday's court ruling but are unwilling to believe -- >> it got taken away before, so even if it does pass, it can get taken away again. >> reporter: both sides have now filed briefs with judge von walker. >> we feel pretty comfort, and we think it's important to expedite this as soon as possible. >> this case is much bigger than just one activist in san francisco who has ignored the law and put himself above the law. >> i think a great point is that judge walker is going to comet to stay. >> reporter: it's unclear what role if any the ag's office intends to play in the judge's decision. >> the state of california is going to do just what it did the beginning. we're not in this case. we're not contesting it, we're not a part of this case. >> reporter: for now some gay couples are cautiously watching if latest round in t

steve. >>> the david and lieu seal pack hard foundation will pay development fees to the city of lost at os. they plan to build a new 45,000 square foot office building on second street as part of the agreement the foundation will pay the city nearly $3.5 million to use for parking or environmental projects. >>> intercontinue nopal intercontinental hotels offering to pay baggage fees for some guests. the chains will pay fees on any airlines for any destination for weekend stays between december 1st and september 20th. >>> a team of volunteers will begin a working vacation in the golden gate national recreation area. the group will spend a week refurbishing the trails throughout the park. one of the volunteers actually won the chance to join this volunteer vacation in a contest. her employer is a supporter of the american hiking society which by the way sponsors the project and several others like it in 60 parks all over the country. >>> once again vandals have once again attacked plants and flowers in san francisco. nine new tea tree bushes near fullton are the latest targets. that's not fa

steve osunsami thanks very much. >>> it was a bleak day on wall street wednesday, as stocks dropped 265 points as one financial report after another shows that the recovery has slowed to a crawl. david muir joins us. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning to you, elizabeth. it's expected to be another volatile 'til -- day here. it's been hovering here and new foreclosure numbers showing how hurting so many americans are. >> reporter: an extraordinary sign of economic hurt in this country. this massive crowd, thousands lining up in atlanta, georgia. chaos erupted, neighbors fight, just to get an application to put them on a waiting list for housing. >> it's not right. it's not right. >> reporter: this woman was among the few who actually got the paperwork. >> it means a lot. maybe god will bless me. >> reporter: the dramatic pictures come as we get new numbers, foreclosures 4% in july from the month before. now, 1 in every 397 homes have received a foreclosure notice. the states hardest hit, nevada, arizona and florida. and with more than 14 million americans looking for work the statement from the fed this week drove fear into the stock market. >> what they did do is confirm

david petraeus. you just have a piece in which basically argued that it can work as long as we stay the course. i wonder if you could specifically address some of steve's concerns, but about afghanistan and pakistan. >> thank you, and especially to my co-authors to help me to write this wonderful story of courage. and also people here who have helped with the afghanistan index. 2010 has certainly, even for guarded optimism, gone more slowly in terms of progress on the strategy. there was a hope, not expectation, and certain parts of the nato command that 2010 would show clear shift in momentum across afghanistan, or at least that the aggregate said of trans would point in a positive direction. there are not too many people saying that. general david petraeus showed some optimism in his recent flurry of interviews a few weeks ago. we talked about helmand province. we got ourselves in an academic knot talking about it this past year because we expected such great things in this one little city. it was nearly treated as a litmus test as to strategy. then progress was lower there than hoped. now the impression is that helmand is not going that well. every

david vitter is here. right here. hold on a second now. we have congressman joe -- is here. congressman charlie -- is here. [cheers] congressman steve -- is here. secretary of housing and urban development who has been working tirelessly down here in louisiana, shaun donovan. we got our epa administrator, lisa jackson, here. home girl. fema istrator of the mal here. the person who is heading up our community service efforts across the country, patrick corbin cent, is here. the surgeonown, xavier grad, ieren might add, is here. we very proud to have these republics servants here. it is wonderful to be back in new orleans. and it is a great honor -- it is a great honor. you can see me now? ok. it is a great honor to be back at xavier university. inspiring to spend time with people who have demonstrated what it means to persevere in the face of tragedy, to rebuild in the face of ruin. i am grateful to jade for more introduction and congratulate you on being crowned miss xavier. i hope everybody heard during the introduction. she was a junior at ben franklin high school five years ago when the storm came. and after katrina, ben franklin