at keller.edu. >> larry: kamala harris, what was your question again for dennis?whether he believes that it is -- that the issue for a child is more important whether the parents are a heterosexual or a homosexual couple versus whether the child is being raised in a loving home where they are being supported and nurtured so that they can become the productive human being and adult we want them to become? if you have to take it on balance, i think most reasonable people would agree that what is most important is that that child -- if the focus is truly on the child -- >> larry: let him answer. >> that that child is raised in a family where they are loved. >> larry: dennis, what about -- >> i fully agree. now i'll ask you a question. >> okay. >> you have a loving male/female and you have a loving male/male or female/female, you have a child to give for adoption. would you flip a coin, or would you prefer the male/female? all of them are loving, kind and good. >> i would never engage in that simplistic an assessment when you're talking about three -- >> wait a minute

do the two women -- >> the call of your question -- >> kamala, go ahead. >> there's a point that hase made here. and i am a career prosecutor. i specialized for a long time in child sexual assault and child abuse cases. i created the first child abuse unit of my office in the history of the office. i'm going to tell you something. what's most important, what is fundamentally most important for a child to become a healthy and productive adult is that they are raised by loving parents. and whatever -- >> so it doesn't matter? >> whatever role they take on, i'm supporting that. i'm supporting that. >> so it doesn't matter, having no father or -- >> in the foster care system, in the juvenile delinquency system who had a heterosexual parent and married couple who were heterosexual who could not take care of their child. but the sex of the parents is going to be -- >> doesn't matter? >> how they raise their child. >> what else is hurting children, dear friend of mine was the homecoming queen, came out. she works on the suicide hotline for gay kids. there is a gay kid somewhere tonight watc

kamala, you answer this one. >> it is a mistake to suggest that when you give rights to one group youing rights from another. it is not a zero sum game. >> no. >> the reality of it is we have said as a country that we believe in fundamental fairness, which means equal rights for all. to take -- to give rights to this group of people who want to marry is not to take rights from anyone else. it's just to do the fundamentally fair and right thing and it's the thing that is based -- the basic principle that was the foundation of our country. fairness, equal rights. >> but it fundamentally changes the institution. it's not giving rights. it destroys marriage as wean it. >> it doesn't take anything away from the institution and we know that. >> it does. >> no, no. it gives other people the protection of that institution. it gives other people the ability to have a legally recognized bond where they have a life long commitment with each other. and there should be room in our country for the belief that people do fall in love and want to create a commitment between themselves that is recogniz

the big breakthrough came in the so-called chicken farm, kamala, the son in law of saddam hussein who defected to jordan and admitted there had been a biological program. i think the fact that unscom did not discover this from the beginning, although there could have been suspicions, shows the difficulties of finding traces. iraq is a big country. there were many bases. they had suspicions, they came into facilities where there was fresh paint, etc. so there were suspicions, but they didn't find the iraqis red-handed on it. nuclear in a way was easier, because if you find a, nuclear, you say where is b? if you find b, then where is c? nuclear was the easiest and biological was probably the most difficult. >> can i ask you when you came into your own unmovic position, what lessons did you yourself learn from the unscom experience with regard to what your work would be, the problems and the prospects? >> well, one reason i accepted the task was that i thought that some of the resistance met by unscom was due to the way in which they conducted their inspections. at the iaea we often thou

you saw exultant, happy statements on wednesday from jerry brown and barbara boxer and kamala harris.ou saw very cautious, well, this is only a trial court, we have to appeal this, it's the will of the people is at stake statements from meg whitman, carly fiorina, and steve cooley. so this is -- at least here it seems like there is a distinct partisan divide, although the lawyers are quick to say it's not a partisan issue. >> belva: okay. well, i mentioned political football, and i move now to oakland because i think oakland's mayor probably has thought that that's been his fate over the last couple of years. so aimee allison, tell us, were there any surprises that ron dellums decided not to run? >> you know, it is and it isn't a surprise. i mean, it was a surprise because he and his team had originally planned for today to be a press conference and to announce that he wasn't going to run. and it's also historic because he's the only mayor that, you know, chose not to seek a second term in the history of the city. it wasn't very surprising, though, because he hadn't filed the right pa

. >>> district attorney kamala harris says the number of elementary school kids who skip class has dropped by about a third in the past two years. that's the for elementary school and middle school students. high school students are still falling through the cracks. the program has identified 300 chronically truant students. harris said her office has prosecuted 25 parents of young kids for failing to get them to school regularly. >>> 6:07. the pipe may already be sealed. coming up next, tests are being conducted in the gulf of mexico today to determine if that leaking oil pipeline may be permanently plugged. >>> plus, president obama expected to sign a bill today that increases security on the u.s./mexico border. we'll tell you what the money will pay for. ,,,,,,,,,, jaguar platinum coverage is not just a warranty. it's a belief in everything we do. it's a 5 year, 50,000 mile promise. with complimentary scheduled maintenance no-cost replacement of wear and tear items and 24/7 roadside assistance. because when you create the most beautiful, fast cars on earth, you create an ownership exper

district attorney kamala harris says the number of elementary school kids who skip class has dropped by about a third in the last two years. that's for elementary and middle school students. high school students are still falling through the cracks. the program has identified 300 chronically truant students. harris said her office has prosecuted 25 parents of young kids for failing to get the kids regularly. >>> a san francisco club refuses to close its doors after being slapped with an eviction notice. the owners are holding a protest today on pier one. jelly's on pier 50 was told to move after a homicide occurred outside its doors last month. the owners call the eviction unfair and illegal. the board says the decision is also in response to violating the terms of lease and noise complaints. the eviction is set to take effect next wednesday. >>> swimmers in alameda county may have to skip a dip in some public pools due to unsafe drains. several pools in the area have been closed because those drains don't meet federal safety regulations. new rules were put into effect july 1 mandati

district attorney kamala harris says the number of elementary school kids who skip class has dropped by about a third in the last two years. harris said her office has prosecuted about 25 parents of young children for failing to get them to school regularly. >>> and more money for bart. $4million left over from last year's budget, that's on top of a $4.5 million the state handed out unexpectedly in june for transit assistance. so that leaves bart with an extra $8.5 million. the bart board will figure out what to do with the money in a couple of weeks. >>> and muni is again cracking down on fare cheats. fare evaders could face fines up to $75. muni suspend the the program back in may after immigrant rights advocates complained some riders mistook the patrols for immigration agents. but the agency says it's since addressed that issue with agent training and public education campaigns. >>> max, the dog, was neglected and abused for years but as don fernandez found out he still has a lot of love to give. >>> reporter: max is an 11-year- old smaller german shepherd mix with really big bat