. >> david walker: the perverse incentives that exist in our system are magnified at end of life. >> kroft: david walker used to be the government's top accountant, the head of the government accountability office, the g.a.o. he now heads the peter g. peterson foundation, which is a strong advocate for reducing government debt. he says that 85% of the health care bills are paid by the government or private insurers, not by patients themselves. in fact, most patients don't even look at the bills. does that make any sense? most things you buy, you have... the customer has some impact. >> walker: we have a system where everybody wants as much as they can get, and they don't understand the true cost of what they're getting. the one thing that could bankrupt america is out-of- control health care costs, and if we don't get them under control, that's where we're headed. >> kroft: with end-of-life care, there are also delicate cultural and political considerations. patients, with their families' support, want to cling to life, and it is often easier to hope for a medical miracle than to dis

david walker of the peterson foundation said it best.we should still be investing in things that stimulate the economy and we can do that at the same time that we put together a long-term plan for deficit reduction. we can do both and we have to do both. for example, you have heard the mayor and i talk about infrastructure, the infrastructure part of the stimulus has worked. there's absolutely no question about it. we can demonstrate in pennsylvania and other states around the union how it has produced good paying jobs on the construction sites and back in american factories. it has worked. we should be investing more money in our infrastructure right now. we need it, number one, and number two, it's the best job creator. >> if you look back in the 1930s, the money went to infrastructure. the bridges, the municipal buildings, the roads, those were all built with stimulus money spent on infrastructure. this stimulus bill hasxdñr fundmentally start out with a $500 million rebate that made flat screens in china. that didn't help our economy

david cameron's helicopter was averted when it was suggested the taliban was planning an attack. carol walker has this report. >> it was david cameron's first visit to afghanistan since becoming prime minister, an important opportunity to demonstrate his commitment to the afghan mission and its support for british troops. he looked relaxed as he was seen but some of them at the main operating base. but flying to a more remote patrol base in western helmand had to be hastily abandoned after learning of a plan to take down his helicopter. he has already held a high- profile meeting with the afghan president in kabul. it was broadcast on afghan television. thus, the insurgents new the prime minister was in the country and likely to be traveling south. intelligence was picked up, suggesting a possible attack. there is no confirmation from downing street, but it is clear they are taking this security warning seriously. there will make sure that media arrangements and future visits take better account of the dangers involved. the organization of the visit to afghanistan has to strike a balance -- t

unc law professor david cruise a constitutional and gender law specialist think that's judge vaughn walker will allow marriages to owe proceed because did he not want the discrimination to continue. >> he is inclined to take a look and say a stay isn't protecting anyone. because there is no harm if we let same-sex couples start getting married so he might not be disposed to grant the request. >> we're increasing our web site so it has more products on it. >> some businesses if san francisco castro district hope professor cruise is right this recession has been tough on them, and they can use a boost. there is designers saying new boutenniers would be perfect. >> during time weddings were legal we had just a ton of business for weddings for same-sex couple autos most legal analysts believe the judge is unlikely to allow the marriages to resume because of the the mess it would create. sim tloor what happened in san francisco, when the city started to marry gay couples only for marriages to be overturned later by a court. it was mentioned ind" didn't want to add to the confusion and didn't wa

david stevenson, ktvu channel two news. >>> california's governor and attorney general are both calling for same-sex marriages to resume. u.s. district judge walker has given attorneys on both sides until today to submit arguments about whether he should allow same-sex marriages while the ruling is appealed. governor arnold schwarzenegger and attorney general jerry brown filed their own motions today asking the judge to let the marriages happen. >>> hewlet packerd ceo has resigned today upon allegations of sexual harassment. an investigation found that herd did not violate the company's sexual harassment policy as accused by a contractor but that other company standards were violated. the company's chief financial officer will lead hp while a economy looks for a new ceo. >>> a former san fran san francisco city worker will spend four years in state prison for hacking the city's computer system. 45-year-old terry childs of pittsburgh was a network engineer when he locked city officials out of the city's main computer system for two weeks back in 2008. in april he was convicted of felony computer disk tampering. childs will return to court on augus

david begins our coverage of this landmark case. >> reporter: two years of rallies, protests and marches led up to judge vaughn walker's landmark rulings afternoon, that california's proposition 8 banning gay marriage is unconstitutional. judge walker wrote: california's highest court legalized same-sex marriage in may 2008, and about 18,000 same- sex couples promptly tied the knot. >> i now pronounce you married under the laws of the state of california. >> reporter: but by november, outraged californians overturned gay marriage by voting in the proposition 8 ban. >> it will never be right! >> reporter: that led these two couples and the city of san francisco to file suit. >> this is a victory for the american people, it's a victory for our justice system. >> reporter: today in san francisco, they were exuberant over judge walker's ruling. >> this decision says that we are americans, too. we, too, should be treated equally. our family is just as loving, just as real, and just as valid as everyone else's. >> reporter: proposition 8 supporters promise a continued battle. >> marriage unites a man and a woman with each other and any chil

. >> david boy one of the torrence who helped of turn prop 8 spoke tonight in san francisco commonwealth club. >> whether he to convince judge walker open the facts and on the law. now we have the facts demonstrated. i think that is a platform that makes it easier to convince judges of the law. >>reporter: as for the stay the appeal could provide a clue about how the high court might rule. legal analyst dean johnson says whoever loses the next round will take the issue of the state immediately to the 9th the circuit court of appeals. the loser at the 9th circuit would then take it to the u.s. supreme court. is in the supreme court is not in session and parties would claim a need for immediate relief. motion goes to the justice assign to the ninth circuit which happens to be anthony ken can i. likely swing vote in the prop 8 case and decision on the stay could give us the first indication of how prop 8 might ultimately be decided. >> pre-skyles open the chopping block in the east day with no state budge net site the governor is talking about cuts and in berkeley that can translate to pre-kindergarten and after school programs elimin