linda sader, whose husband was the lighthouse keeper, remembers the days when it closed. >> we had free range, went all through the prison building, walked all around the island. it was really beautiful. >> reporter: as they marked the 50th anniversary of the prison's closure, former guards and residents gathered on the island, mourning the loss of a place some were dying to escape. joe rosatto jr., nbc bay area news. >> it is always so great to go to alcatraz, fun to see. >> the walls do talk. >>> up next, can they really move or save the saturday mail? the plan that may not be set in stone. >>> and setting up security, why the u.s. government will scan the computers, why others are being targeted. >>> and the new california law that could be the key to saving thousands of women's lives. >>> and preparing to hear the case of california's same-sex marriage ban. the center of the fight and the battle over prop 8, we'll be right back in two. >>> they're two moms from berkeley who say life is normal and will stay that way until next tuesday, that is when they will enter the supreme court i