mr. newsom about that now i can say whether or not you like it. (clapping) but you know hey listen he got a lot of heat about that but a lot at how things have changed. i have to tell you we wouldn't be here today without mayor newsom's leadership back in 2004 (clapping) >> he has been a true partner to our office and me personally throughout this struggle. i mean, i was proud to stand by him and to defend him and he was proud to stand by me when we decided to sue california for the equal rights of marriage. and to kate kendall and nc l r who have been our partners through this as well. i can't tell you how much i appreciate that. and i have to tell you gavin newsom was talking about leadership. i can remember in 2004 when people said it was too fast too soon and too much. i'm a firm believer you've got to kick the door in and do what's right and be morale. and to those people who said we were moving two face and too soon >> now the other 13 that have it we'll have it restored again and certainly that's about a legal case but it's about more than

mr. newsom about that now i can say whether or not you like it.apping) but you know hey listen he got a lot of heat about that but a lot at how things have changed. i have to tell you we wouldn't be here today

mr. newsom was the teacher and the announcement came on and everyone, of course, was gunned.as one young girl in the classroom that just moved to dallas, and she at one point said up and hysterically dallas had murdered the president. and some of the students in the class said something to her -- i don't be really -- really remember what, but most of us were just kind of stunned and shocked. and then school let out early that day, about 2:00. city buses -- at that time, dallas did not have any school buses so all the students wrote the city buses and they had to wait for the buses to get there when they released a will. host: let me ask you a question -- your first hand account, an amazing story being there. "the is a story from dallas news" website and i will paraphrase what it said. it happened in your hometown. this is what it looks like. one quote is that dallas was not responsible for the death of john f. kennedy, but was responsible for the death of lee harvey oswald. can you touch on that as somebody grew up in the dallas area? caller: well, yes. there had been some mi