first of all, let's hear it for mark leno for his work. [ applause and cheers ] can you even imagine getting a bill to the governor's desk in 2005 and 2007 and doing that work and helping to lead the way? so thank you mark. days like today make me so proud to be part of this lgbt community. this is a community when you look at our history, it's a history of society telling us to shut up and sit down and be invisible and go in the closet and disappear. time and time again this community has said hell no, we're not going anywhere. we are here. we are part of this society. and we will always be part of this society. [ applause ] >> and they tried to do it to us at stonewall during the hiv epidemic. they tried to do it to us with bowers v hardwick with a federal marriage amendment and every time we have fought and we have won. and today we win again. it is a giant step forward but our work isn't done and this is a tidal wave. we are going to get employment protection and housing protection. we're going to beat the hiv epidemic once and for all. we are going to take care of our seniors an

. >> hearing there from the san francisco senator mark leno. >> lots of reaction coming in right now, whether for or against. a lot of it for, obviously in the bay area. tara moriarty was out there as soon as is decision came down. she is outside city hall this morning. okay, we are not going to her, but there the reaction from san francisco. let's go to more from earlier this morning. >> one of the biggest days of our lives. this is probably the biggest legal victory for our community, certainly in my lifetime. it feels incredible. >> it is here at last, after all this waiting. years we have been waiting. congratulations. >> thank you. >> reaction coming in from the city. boy, this affect is really coming in quick for a lot of the states that banned same-sex marriage. we just got word here that mississippi's attorney general says they will not immediately perform same-sex marriages. that goes opposite to what we heard from texas and also from georgia this morning that said that they will -- they are allowing the county clerks there to perform same-sex marriages. this decision coming

but mark, growing up -- >> reporter: oh, the other mark. >> no, mark leno. the other mark.sing that when he was a little boy and he may have struggled with coming out to his parents and his growth and evolution. now i am thinking that it is a lot of relief for him as he is looking onto the young children of today, the little boys and girls that may not go through the same struggle that will he went true? >> reporter: yes. i think she is very proud of her son. she just showed up behind me here. our anchor had a question for you. growing up, is it difficult for mark with his sexual assault and how -- salt and had you ever -- sexuality, have you ever lent support to him and coming full circle with thinks relationship being validated. >> the support from me was for him to good who he was. and that i love him and we are a family first. he really kept it discreet as far as schedule. for a long time he -- sex quality. for a long time he didn't know what girls were for. he is still a private person and that is the way our family has been. but as i said, you are who you are first. >

yesterday the state senate approved a bill by san francisco democrat mark leno. it would continue the trend by lifting the minimum wage to $13 an hour in 2017. after that, it would be tied to the rate of inflation. the bill next goes to the state assembly. the state chamber of commerce opposes it calling it a job killer. >>> senators will try to overcome divisions that caused surveillance powers at the nsa to lapse last weekend. senate lawmakers are considering amendments that may not go over too well in the house of representatives. >> now is the time for action. >>> reporter: senate lawmakers will try to move forward on the house approved usa freedom act while considering changes. one amendment would extend the amount of time the national security agency has to end bulk collection of phone records from 6 months to a year. but the nsa would still be able to search the records held by phone companies with a court order. >> there needs to be basic assurance that it will function as its proponents say that it will. >> reporter: majority leader mitch mcconnell has b

a new central station on this site but the good people of district 8 encouraged their supervisor mark leno here i sfeptd in with gordon and rose and convinced willie brown it was time to make affordable housing at this site let's do it again at the bus yard and john hancock elementary school and all over the city cd c you're a rehabilitate committee thank you. >> you're our hero our hero for today, it's all about you let's give her a big hand at broadway. >> hello, everybody i'm andrea a new resident here and i want to (clapping.) first give thanks to the gentleman without him, i wounded be here and i want to thank sro collaborative and my coach that that helped me through my family and i stuck by us and that's correct thanks to our mayor and everybody i see here my neighborhoods and even to say thank you so much to all of you we owe our deep itself gratitude for putting us in here it is - thank you for giving us all a new life compared to where i came from i was homeless for 3 and a half years my family and i living in a hotel i appreciate. >> thank you so much for giving me the opportuni

vicki was really just a terrific partner for me and i know for -- when he was in office and for mark leno when he held the seat. she is someone who is passionate about the neighborhood. she is very very strong opinions. i was able to come and sit with her about a week before she passed. she was very very frail and a very weak voice, but she did make sure to express to me her views on a number of development issues the neighborhood and the city showing once again her passion and commitment and so, vicki, we will miss you. we know we are in a better place smiling down on us and colleagues the rest i submit to ship thank you supervisor winner. supervisor yee. supervisor avalos. supervisor agreed to ship thank you. colleagues, today i have to >> today at two in the mental measures 2 inches. supervised first with supervisor avalos wiener and christiansen, i am introducing the clean energy right to note to the november ballot. this measure will create clear definitions that are in line with state law for what constituents -- what constitutes clean energy. clean electrical energy. when we shop f

. >> reporter: among those here state senator mark leno who came out more than four decades ago. >> after 46 years my federal government now recognizing that my heart beats and loves no differently than yours or anybody else's. >> reporter: brought her 3-month-old daughter. >> this is a huge celebration for our family. it's just so exciting that she is going to grow up in a more tolerant place. >> reporter: a rainbow adorned the entrance to city hall. mayor ed lee and city officials stood on the steps where the fight began 11 years ago. >> did you feel the earth shake this morning? i do believe it was the scales of justice tipping. >> today america walks the talk of equal justice under law. >> today is the anecdote to cynicism. it's an anecdote to any kind of despair that you may have. >> reporter: many who spoke at the mayor's news conference said the fight is not over. they are now focused on housing and employment discrimination against lgbt. so today was the victory but the fight continues. vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> for gay and trans gender people who came for pride event today's decis

senator mark leno of san francisco introduced the bill. leno said the ban is necessary because vaping is popular with teenagers. the fastest growing segment of new users are in middle school and high school. opponents argue that e-cigarettes use on vapor and not smokes so they should be treated differently. >>> they make it easier for cal-state students to receive financial aid or special grants. the measure would provide a assistance to students. senators approved the measure 35-0. california could become the first state in the nation to extend health coverage to undocumented immigrant children. the state senate approved the legislation today. anyone under the age of 19 from low-income families would qualify for state-funded medical. california will seek federal approval to help private health insurance. supporters originally wanted all immigrants included and focused on children to have a better shot at getting the governor's approval. >> a showdown is under way at san francisco's city hall as one of the most controversial housing propos

. >> reporter: state senator mark leno talked about it on kpix 5 sunday morning. >> this is for environment tally friendly projects that are created over $100 million of economic benefit. creating more jobs. >> reporter: the new provision gives the warriors an extra year to work on their environmental impact report. the coalition against the warriors' stadium the mission bay alliance is crying foul. >> we think that is sad and dangerous that they're trying to scoop these rules at the expense of the public and the environment. >> reporter: but leno says it's rewarding the warriors for being thorough. >> because the warriors realize they had to invest nor time working with the community, because they've got to face the voters because of prop b., that they couldn't finish the certification of their eir, their environmental impact report. >> the baby faced assassin. bring that trophy up here. >> reporter: the warriors were a little busy this year winning championships and all. but now, it is game on in a different kind of court. >> we've got very good attorneys, we've got a lot of people who ar

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outside san francisco city hall today since the announcement and tweeted this photo of state senator mark lenoa great day for america. >>> abc 7 reporter david louie took this video at san jose city hall where a pride flag was raised this afternoon. a celebration rally is planned tonight at the plaza. david joins us live with reaction from the south bay. >> reporter: mayor and other civic leaders joining members and supporters of the lbgtq community. there will be some religious leaders who don't support the supreme court's decision. for supervisor the high court decision has special meaning. he came out as gay 31 years ago and thinks it will help younger people. >> this sends the signal especially to young people that they don't have to believe that they aren't as good as everybody else. i think that just sort of changes the whole dynamic that everybody is going to feel more accepted. >> reporter: two years ago he put on a judicial robe and performed civil same-sex ceremonies to demonstrate his support. for some religious leaders especially in more conservative congregations the supreme court

. >> anupg those here senator mark leno who came out more than four decades ago. >> after 46 years my federal government now recognizing that my heart beats and loves no differently than yours or anybody else's. >> cary and milly brought their throw-month-old son. >> this is a huge celebration for our family. it's so exciting that he's going to grow up in a more tolerant place. >> a rainbow adorned the entrance to city hall. the mayor ed lee and city officials stood on the steps where the fight began 11 years ago. >> did you feel the earth shake this morning? i do believe it was the scales of justice tipping. >> today america walks the talk of equal justice under law. >> the arc of history bends toward justice. today it came to fruition. >> today is about an affirmation of all of us and your unique capacity to do extraordinary things folks, the best is yet to come in this country. >> reporter: for those at the mayor's news conference said they still have a lot of work to do. they are going to focus on employment and housing discrimination against lgbt's but for now they are savoring t

. >> anupg thoseere senator mark leno who came out mo than four decades ago. >> after 46 years my federal govement now recognizing that my heart beats and loves no differentl than yours or anybody else's. >> cary and milly brought their throw-month-old son. >> this is huge celebration for ourfamily. it's so exciting that he's going to grow up in a more tolerant place. >> a rainbow adorned the entrance to city hall. the mayor ed lee and city officials stood on the steps where the fight began 11 years ago. >> did you feel the earth shake this morning? i do believe it was the scales of justicetipping. >> tay america walks the talk of equal justice under law. >> the arc of htory bends toward justice. today it came fruition. >> today is about an affirmation of all of us and your unique capacity to do extraordinary things folks, the best is yet to come in this country. >> reporter: for those at the mayor's news conference said they still have a lot of work to do. they are going to focus on employment and housing discrimination against lgbt's but for now they are savoring the victory. >> vick th

. >> among ose here state senator mark leno who came out more than 4 decades ago. >> after 46 years my federal vernment now recognizing that my heart beats and loves no differently than yours or anybody else's. >> kerry and milliony brought the three-month old son julianne. >> this is a huge celebration for our mily. such a win. it's such so exciting that he grows up in more tolerant place. if. >> rainbow adorn the entrance to city hall. mayor ed lee and city officials stood on the steps where the fight began 11 years ago >> you feel the earth shake this morning i do believe it was thecales of justice tipping. >>reporter: today america the walks the talk. of equal justice under law. >> arc of history bends toward justice. well today it came to fruition. >> today is about an affiation of all of us in our capacity to do extraordinary things folk. the best is why it to come. sfichlt for those at the mayor news conference said they still have a lot of work to do. they are going to focus now on employment and housing discrimination against lgbt but for now they are savoring their victory. t

. >> openly gay california state senator mark leno joined today's celebration.y who have waited years if not decades for this day to come. nbc bay area's jean elle is live in the castro. jean they've been celebrating since this morning. >> reporter: they have. and they have a lot to celebrate. people are just pouring into the castro right now. take a look. the street is closed, castro street is closed at market. it's a nightmare for drivers. but people all over the country are in town for pride weekend enjoying thousands of people from the bay area here in the castro to celebrate the supreme court's decision making same-sex marriage the law of the land. you can see there are rainbow flags everywhere you look lots of gay pride, lots of smiles. people in the community say they plan to pour into the streets after the decision. no one knew until today that decision was coming on pride weekend, making this celebration even more special. people are celebrating the right to marry in any state they choose. for many it means they can go home. for activists like screenwri

mark leno didn't do it. david chew went to sacramento where he ran last time. others have backed away. why? for starters he is a likeable guy. two, the economy is booming. that brings in tensions about housing but it is not big enough for people to think they will turn the mayor out. three, he has big money backers. four, he has khairunnisa niece american vote -- chinese american vote at his back. you put that together and we have had one person sign up, a retired hospital administrator named kent graham. >>> game two tips off in a few hours in oakland. we caught up with rick wells to see what the future holds for the golden state warriors. ♪ (music throughout) ♪ sfx: (smash) sfx: (roar) ♪♪ sfx: (roar) sfx: (engine roars) >>> three more wins. that's all the warriors need after an exciting over time win in game one last week in the nba finals. >> for three, bang! >> that is the shot that seemed to steal the game. barns fired up the crowd with a clutch three pointer. we are hoping for many more warriors' winning moves tonight. we have environmental impact report

senate bill 3 is authored by state senator mark leno from san francisco.minimum wage to $11 an hour next year and $13 an hour by 2017. opponents call it a job killer. supporters say almost a quarter of californians live in poverty and it's time to raise wages. the bill now moves to the state assembly. >>> the dow rose 29, the nasdaq was up 12. the s & p 500 added 4. a report showed manufacturing grew last month for the first time in 6 months. >>> a committee at the san francisco board of supervisors gave its initial approval to 3 proposed laws aimed at reducing the number of sugar filled sodas consumed in the city. one proposal would prohibit spending any city money on buying sugar filled drinks. another would ban soda on city owned property. a third would mandate warnings that soft drinks can lead to obesity and diabetes. the beverage companies are fighting back. >>> the warriors clay thompson took part in practice today. coming up, what he told us about his recovery from last week's concussion. our sports director, mark ibanez will have that and more. >>

just last week the state senator mark leno pushed through legislation that gives them an extra year toete an important environmental review. it was supposed to be completed by january 1, 2016 but the team has now until january 1, 2017. it looks like they are thinking some measure of delay. still, it seems like it will take more than just a delay of a few months to stop that project and we'll be watching. >> in the meantime it looks like the warriors could chemowinning because this is a young team and that's good for the city of oakland because i was there. lake merritt is beautiful. and for -- it's been a while. they've had a lot of bumps in the road and it really put oakland in a nice light. >> all the sort of the -- screen shots and the grabs were of lake merritt and were of oakland you know they weren't golden gate bridge or san francisco. shot like you see during giants' games, they really took front and center stage there. >> melissa thanks so much. >>> it is 6:51 now. oakland a's owner luol luol wolf will not -- luol wolf will not build a new stadium. he said quote there's no goo

you talk to people like mark leno who have been in this fight for a long time, and it is about fayetteville nondiscrimination laws and they can get married, they can get married but they can get fired on monday when the boss does not like that marriage. they can get kicked out of their apartment on tuesday. when the landlord is not like it. >> i think that you are projecting something that will not occur. i do not believe that america in all of us are going to be so arrogant that just because you happen to be gay or you have to do marry somebody of the same sex, that suddenly, you are going to be unemployable. or you are going to be no longer a person that that can occupy my driving that you're wrong, carla. i think it is all over. i do not think it will be an issue. i think that the landlords are going to be viewed as landlords of by tenants, not something unusually special. >> i think that their religious rights and conservatives are not going to go away despite the supreme sort -- decision within that with indian and religious right laws are going to be something that gay lesbian organiz

we are here joining us with mark leno. it was liberty and justice for all. messages are coming in from across the country. it is violated. perspective. by our federal government finally. so the other countries have gotten it before us but for all americans there was a lot of tension building up to this. we weren't sure if the decision was going to come today or monday. in that we weren't sure because of the fight before. is it a relief. i thought it would be monday. there is a real meaning to the day of june 26th. it was the day that the windsor's case that. it was the day of the lawrence decision which finally decriminalize homosexuality that two adults of the same gender would not be committing a felony for having consensual adult relations. step-by-step the supreme court over the past number of decades has recognized that day unless we people irrespective of whom are local people are deemed to be treated equally. a very basic american democratic concept of ported to millions of americans today as we speak. we've been noticing that there were stories that

mark leno sponsored a bill that he says would save lives. >>> quick thinking from a 14- year-old antioch boy who protected his siblings from someone who tried to break into their home. he called 911 as a stranger was trying to get inside his home. armed with a knife, the 14-year- old boy led his two younger siblings in the bedroom and locked the door until police arrived. officers found the suspect on the porch outside the home. he's been arrested. none of the children were hurt. >>> here's one for you -- skinny jeans, they may be bad for your health. now, according to the washington post, a woman in australia collapsed in a park after her skinny jeans caused her to lose all of the feeling in her legs and feet. she actually crawled to a more public place. she hailed a cab, went to the emergency room. doctors had to cut off her skinny jeans. they say the extremely tight jeans caused a lot of damage to her muscles and her nerve fibers and if she had not been treated in time, she could have permanently lost her ability to walk. that's incredible. >> very skinny. >> yeah. and comfortable. [l

. >> you have an incredible cast david hasselhoff, jay leno tom brady, jimmy fallon some playing themselves but notables. >> mark up with. it's absolutely hilarious, ted 2 will be just as funny i assume. you play johnny's friend a guy who works with him. you shot the thing in sequence so you haven't seen the movie? >> i haven't seen it yet. i'm in the beginning and end. it's not a huge role. this is a -- me going out and doing press for this is sim bee symbiotic symbiotic, i got to be in boston for about a month while we shot this. and it was a good time but it's a great cast yeah. >> morgan freeman, i mean it goes on and on. john hielemann, let's take it. >> let's think about your iconic role david putty. >> seinfeld how many people come up to you on street and know you forever as putty. how much times a day does someone call you putty? >> in new york? >> yeah. >> it's sort of daily. yeah. but -- the show is perpetual as i understand -- syndication and i was in 9 episodes they only did four episodes the first season. to have a show like "seinfeld" as significant as it was and such a large part of our lives in t