to va benefits but is alienated from the va, one of the efforts is to help connect that person to vas. so community organizations, community coalitions can help function as, shall we say, expediters, moving the person from the non-va-recognized status to a va-recognized status, working with veterans' service organizations to engage that person, so if they're eligible for va benefits, they can capitalize off of that full range of benefits. richard, what other populations-are there youth or women affected by homelessness as well? absolutely, and with women in particular, there's both single women who are primarily using the set of homeless services that are tailored towards homeless single adults, as well as women with children. so many families are affected. and they face a number of challenges, both encounters with the criminal justice system but also encounters with the child welfare system, and where their substance use often is a complicating factor with regard to their ability to keep custody of their children. so that is another, i think, challenge that needs to be met. and, you

i cannot speak for the va in other areas, but i can speak for the birmingham va. all we want is for them to come in. they need to take the first step. host: ok. we appreciate your input. mr. farrell? guest: she is right. there are a lot of services at the va, and part of the process is getting there. the claims process can take some time. the va has programs and they are adding programs. but when you talk to veterans, there is still a great deal of frustration in dealing with the bureaucracy of the va. many veterans are not close to the birmingham va, even the ones with sort of rural issues, getting to the veterans' centers and hospitals. but sure, there are programs out there. part of the issue is finding the right one and mining the va bureaucracy. i think that while there are programs and they are doing things, i think the va would admit there is still much work to be done. host: one more call on the republican line. rudy, go ahead. you are on, sir. caller: nobody is talking to me. host: you called to make a statement. caller: i am sorry. i do not understand. i

and, i know the va is starting to look at some of that. can you just put on the record a little bit of what you're doing around electronic telemedicine? >> well, sure. as you know, we've got quite a long history in telehealth, the -- actually, dating back even to the '80s, with home monitoring of pacemakers, as, you know, one of the -- using ttm technology. we've invested heavily in home telehealth by putting, if you will, ''boxes'' in patients' home. i think we've got 43,000 of them deployed. but, as you mention, the new technology is using smart phones, where you don't even have to invest in something that ties somebody to their home. anybody who's got a kid in their 20s now knows you don't even bother to call them, you just text them. >> that's right. >> they don't answer their phone, but they'll text you back. >> right. >> and, interestingly, as an example, you're all aware of the va's suicide hotline, which people can call in to, but, about a year ago, they started a chat line for -- you know, the younger folks are much more used to ch

hot line -- i am also the program manager for the suicide va hot line. >> i major general phil volpe, currently the commanding general of the western regional medical command. i am a career soldier, a practicing physician by trade, and i've had the distinct privilege and honor of serving alongside them bravest men and women serving in the uniform in the army, navy, air force and marine corps. to create a set of strategy and recommendations that are useful and obtainable, the task force developed six guiding principle as we conduct our work off throughout the year. the first is a suicide and suicidal beaters are preventable. second, suicide prevention begins with leadership and requires an engagement in all facets of the military committee. third, a suicide prevention requires long-term sustained commitment using a comprehensive, public health approach. fourth, service members well as and fitness, total fitness -- mind, body and spirit -- is essential to mission accomplished an and suicide prevention. fifth, recommendations of the task force should reflect the best available practices

i cannot speak for the va in other areas, but i can speak for the birmingham va. all we want is for them to come in. they need to take the first step. host: ok. we appreciate your input. mr. farrell? guest: she is right. there are a lot of services at the va, and part of the process is getting there. the claims process can take some time. the va has programs and they are adding programs. but when you talk to veterans, there is still a great deal of frustration in dealing with the bureaucracy of the va. many veterans are not close to the birmingham va, even the ones with sort of rural issues, getting to the veterans' centers and hospitals. but sure, there are programs out there. part of the issue is finding the right one and mining the va bureaucracy. i think that while there are programs and they are doing things, i think the va would admit there is still much work to be done. host: one more call on the republican line. rudy, go ahead. you are on, sir. caller: nobody is talking to me. host: you called to make a statement. caller: i am sorry. i do not understand. i

we are working to create -- the va has a project. what is the very best congestive heart failure telehealth initiative? how do we measure it? had we evaluate it? imagine if you were a spouse and could use social media to communicate and interact with others without leaving your home? my mother recently died at age 91. i found it interesting that in her case come up with some dementia and alzheimer's, the pharmacist became one of the most important care givers, because all the different medicines from the different specialists. imagine if the congestive heart failure patient with a home health provider and a support person from the family is able to have an immersive video conference, as though you were all in the same room. it is the cardiologists. if there is a problem with dementia or memory loss, the neurologist. the pharmacist. specialty nurses. maybe you have a rehabilitation therapy person. you are having a consulate in real time. how often does that ever happen when you go to the doctor's office? they do not all come in the roo

you start going down any list of things and you see very clearly we do not have the services, the va the list. we do not have the capability for women veterans to be received home. and that is a pretty bold statements for me. it is not about distinguishing who did more or less. but i think you are right, all of these soldiers are going to come home and not receive the care that they need, but that is especially true for women soldiers. >> we will see how it goes. they released a report, a pretty tough report a couple of weeks ago. it was tough on themselves. it was taking the high number of suicides and tbi cases and ptsd cases as a wake-up call for themselves. if i can speak for them, basically, we have to make the culture better for everybody serving in the military, currently an previously, whether a man or woman. but pay attention to both and to special needs that every subcategory is going to have. tavis: finally, when will we know and how will we know whether or not this was all worth it? >> want to give a soldier, if i can reduce it to one story -- one particular soldier, if i

va. [applause] and that includes one of the largest percentage increases to the va budget in the past 30 years. [applause] we are going to cut this deficit that we have got, and i have proposed upper -- a freeze on discretionary domestic spending. but what i have not frozen is the spending we need to keep our military strong, our country safe, and our veterans secure. so we're going to keep on making historic commitments to our veterans. [applause] for about 200,000 vietnam vets who may have been exposed to agent orange and who now suffer from three chronic diseases, we are making easier for you to get the health care and benefits you need. [applause] for our gulf war veterans, we have declared that nine infectious diseases are now presumed to be related to your service in desert storm. [applause] for our disabled veterans, we have eliminated co pays for those of you who are catastrophically disabled. [applause] we have kept our promise on concurrent receipt that proposing -- by proposing legislation that would allow severely disabled retirees to receive your military retired pay and you

incredible story how he left the va ladies and gentlemen and his father booted him across the river and said don't come back until you get your education so he did this and he walked into this urban area and everybody was looking at him if you ask most men there in the back, what's the most proudest moment in your life, most of the men will say the birth of my first born son. not him, he will tell you the proudest moment in my life is to see my two daughters going to school here in the village. the woman on the extreme far right, she's the first girl to get an education in that valley of about 4 thousand people. she first wrote with sticks in the sand and now she's her second year of medical school scoring in the 90's. her father said you should not become a doctor it's really messy but she's determined to go back to her village and become a physician to help her community and it's an incredible story of how like her father she's persevered. this girl is from the afghan border valley of about 4,000 people. she was the first girl to get an education in our village. the communities there

boxer signed her name to a steel girder at a topping out ceremony for a new mental health wing at the va hospital in palo alto. but while her signature went up, our exclusive eyewitness news poll found her numbers were dropping. >> let's face facts. this is a tough race. these are tougher races all over the country. >> reporter: after running neck and neck through most of the summer, republican carly fiorina has now open u a five- point lead. 47% to 42%. while fiorina's numbers are flat from the same survey a month ago, boxer's numbers dropped 3 points. the poll showed her support is slipping among men, younger voters and independents. but boxer denied her campaign is fading. >> our campaign is extremely energized. we have almost 100,000 donors. we're very excited. and people will know what the choice is. >> reporter: but you feel you have to go more on the attack? >> i just have to tell truth and it probably feels to her like an attack. >> reporter: at the same time, fiorina sounded confident while campaigning at a hispanic chamber of commerce event in los angeles. >> certainly was enco

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that speak of her life changing experience is $50 million, the amount that was spent last year by the va in compensating all female veterans from the war on terror for psychological damage according to white "chicago tribune" article. a medic in the 82nd airborne division, she waited 20 years to get a combat assignment. within months of arriving in afghanistan, her career as a skilled metic began to unravel. she reported being raped by a polish officer and canned our province in the spring of 2003. in a separate incident, she was injured -- she injured her had fallen off a military vehicle. today a combination of posttraumatic stress, trauma brain injury, has enveloped her life in a light fog marked bike imbalance, disorientation, and around the clock headache. as a result of her injuries, she is a higher risk of stroke and early onset of alzheimer's. the ultimate cost of her maladies is unknown. last year, mental illness accounted for 35% of the $22 billion spent on disability payments to the veterans who served in all the war from vietnam forward. and lastly, the chicago tribune analys

they don't have the buying power that the federal government has, for example, in the va program. there is nothing in the reform law that will keep prices down to it that said, the secretary of health and human services, kathleen sebelius, has said she will be watching very closely, and the federal government is, to see where drug prices go as the donut hole closes. as well, there will be watching insurance premiums, which many folks are afraid will start to increase because of health reform, or under the guise of health reform. i think there is an added scrutiny to this. i think that we see price gouging by pharmaceutical manufacturers, and that will need to be addressed and people will be monitoring. but right now, there is nothing except the power of the marketplace and the negotiating power of a particular plan to keep prices down and not pass them along to consumers. host: republican line, california, and you are the last call. caller: i am retired from the department of defense, and i also worked in private enterprise for 27 years. i have full medicare, and i also have my ins

boxer signed her name to a steel girder at a topping out ceremony for a new mental health wing at the va hospital in palo alto. but while her signature went up, our exclusive eyewitness news poll found her numbers were dropping. >> let's face facts. this is a tough race. these are tougher races all over the country. >> reporter: after running neck and neck through most of the summer, republican carly fiorina has now open u a five- point lead. 47% to 42%. while fiorina's numbers are flat from the same survey a month ago, boxer's numbers dropped 3 points. the poll showed her support is slipping among men, younger voters and independents. but boxer denied her campaign is fading. >> our campaign is extremely energized. we have almost 100,000 donors. we're very excited. and people will know what the choice is. >> reporter: but you feel you have to go more on the attack? >> i just have to tell truth and it probably feels to her like an attack. >> reporter: at the same time, fiorina sounded confident while campaigning at a hispanic chamber of commerce event in los angeles. >> certainly was enco

the decision to close join forces command. this is a very bad decision, in my opinion. not only for vaut a united -- the united states military. we are in a 2-front war. with other nations -- china, korea, with military buildups. and i don't think we can afford to be going through a process outside of brac to dramatically reduce the forces here in the united states of america. host: i ask your reaction, not so much in your current position but yearlong tenure working at executive level. what secretary gates is trying to do, and media reaction from local members of congress and the governor of the state that would be most and have been any time, of course, the economy is in a bad state and jobs over all are a basic concern. what did you think about the challenge he is taking on? guest: the challenge of closing federal facilities is always a major one because it impacts the work force, the economy, at the state and local level. i certainly have seen that through my career in government. at the same time, we have to make some of those hard decisions. we have to step up and realize that ev

in over a week. 89 in gilroy. 76 in sunnyvale. 70 in san mateo and temperatures in the low 80s from santa rosa to no va to. and the fog is back with us and even some low clouds inland and for tuesday, we're talking about a system offshore that's going to help to bring temperatures down as we head throughout the week with even cooler weather, especially throughout thursday and friday. we have the marine layer. that's component number one. we're used to this this time of year. pulling out wider, this area of low pressure sitting offshore. no rainfall with it but slightly cooler air associated with it. that will help to stay mild across the bay area and it will help to amp up the marine layer in the next couple of days and keep the fog picture with us for tuesday, wednesday, thursday and friday. tuesday, mainly 70s inland and for wednesday, we'll call it mild with this summer air evading us once again throughout the week. by 6:00 a.m. tomorrow in the south bay, temperatures in the 60s and by 11:00 a.m. sun breaking through clouds with conditions in the upper 60s. tomorrow, a few isolated low to mid 80s in

i am the va national program director for suiciderevention and in that role, manage and supervise all of our suicide prevention coordinators across the country. by mt of the program manager for the suicide v.a. hot line -- i am also the program manager for the suicide va hot line. >> i major general phil volpe, currently the commanding general of the western regional medical command. i am a career soldier, a practicing physician by trade, and i've had the distinct privilege and honor of serving alongside them bravest men and women serving in the uniform in the army, navy, air force and marine corps. to create a set of strategy and recommendations that are useful and obtainable, the task force developed six guiding principle as we conduct our work off throughout the year. the first is a suicide and suicidal beaters are preventable. second, suicide prevention begins with leadership and requires an engagement in all facets of the military committee. third, a suicide prevention requires long-term sustained commitment using a comprehensive, public health approach. fourth, service members w

i am a vietnam veteran that is going through the va. the problem i have always had, maybe you can explain it, what is the big deal of someone's medical record becoming public? could you go down a small list of problems that people can get into with their medical records becoming public, at least available for people -- if they are that nosy to see your medical records, what can they gain from that? guest: it is a good question and there are several answers, of course. medical information can be used by employers in hiring, promotions, in improper ways. people can be stigmatized by their community if medical information is disclosed. i think people have a general sense with personal medical information, it is just no one else's business. people should not have to fill the need to justify medical privacy. part of it is when a person goes to a doctor seeking good medical advice, they want to be open and forthcoming, and doctors encourage that. if they have to think, what if someone sees the diagnosis, these notes that the doctor is taking,

the school you want. stay with us. we'll see something tasty going on inna va dough. >>> it smells so good up here right now. i'm now starving. just last february a building sitting vacant for years in navado became the new hot spot to eat in town. delicious food at doable prices in a cozy yet life vi setting, lively because diners are showing up. how do they do it? nice to see you ed. >> nice to see you susan. >> i come to your restaurant and i thought to myself they are opening in a recession. what are they thinking? why is this working? >> several reasons. one of them is that location was always successful so people missed it when they closed down. the other reason is we have good food, we have a reputation already. a lot of people that used to come to our restaurant, so we had that along with good price. i think our prices are very fair. we have now sat on our first interview with the newspaper and kept our word. >> your prices are doable. it is not the price of mcdonald's certainly but it is not the price of some over the top place in the city. you get a really good meal for the price you pay and people

i am a vietnam veteran that is going through the va. the problem i have always had, maybe you can explain it, what is the big deal of someone's medical record becoming public? could you go down a small list of problems that people can get into with their medical records coming publi, at least available for people -- if they are that nosy to see your medical records, what can they gain from that? guest: it is a good question an there are several answers, of course. medical information can be used by employers in hiring, promotions, in improper ways. people can be stigmatized by their community if medical information is disclos. i think people have a general sens with personal medical information, it is just no one else's business. people should not have to fill the need toustify medical privacy. part of it is when a person goes to a doctor seeking gd medical advice, they want to be open and forthcoming, and doctors encourage that. if they have to think, what if someone sees the diagnosis, these notes that the doctor is taking, maybe i sho

at the veterans administration, in 1998, the va tried to modernize its financial system. after spending $250 million in 2004, that project failed. it was restarted again in 2005 and it was just terminated again last month because of the inability to execute. at the department of defense, after spending 12 years and approximately $1 billion, the department of defense canceled its integrated human-resources them. i wish those for the only examples of failures in federal i.t., unfortunately, there are many more projects like this. that is why in the obama administration, we focus on a number of things to make sure we could turn around how we're spending money on information technology to make sure it is producing dividends for the american people. the first thing we did, consistent with the president's philosophy of an open, transparent and participatory government is that we lodged the i.t. dashboard within 60 days as a reflect on the last 18 months. there are a number of accomplishments that move us closer to making sure we have a higher statistical likelihood that when we

there are obviously some indications, both within the va system and within the private sector of health organizations that have managed to get a grip on costs without severely compromising quality of care. these experiments have proved hard to replicate. we do not understand how some have been so successful in cost control, and not able to replicate that in other cities. it is a very tough problem. arenot saying that there easy solutions year. i wish that i had a magic bullet for you, but i do not. >> senator, there is a report from cms that outlined the potential savings of medicare that might come from some changes already proposed. but it seems to me as important as medicare is, i would point to the bigger problem of medicaid. it is an example of how the federal system is really broken. the states always come for assistance to the federal government during a downturn. so that system does not have permanence, does not have stability over the longer term. if you think about medicaid as a program, that one needs desperate attention. more broadly, if you look -- simon and i are both on t

the decision to close join forces command. this is a very bad decision, in my opinion. not only for vaut a united -- the united states military. we are in a 2-front war. with other nations -- china, korea, with military buildups. and i don't think we can afford to be going through a process outside of brac to dramatically reduce the forces here in the united states of america. host: i ask your reaction, not so much in your current position but yearlong tenure working at executive level. what secretary gates is trying to do, and media reaction from local members of congress and the governor of the state that would be most and have been any time, of course, the economy is in a bad state and jobs over all are a basic concern. what did you think about the challenge he is taking on? guest: the challenge of closing federal facilities is always a major one because it impacts the work force, the economy, at the state and local level. i certainly have seen that through my career in government. at the same time, we have to make some of those hard decisions. we have to step up and realize that ev

it costs probably half as much for a patient under the va care as it does out there in the private health-careess. host: sandy praeger? guest: he is correct. the v.a. health care is a very good and our veterans certainly deserve that. the issue of how legislation is made is not a pretty process as people often say. there are compromises. i think the state markets, at this point in time, there is a great deal of concern and fear of a single national system. our states are so diverse is really delivered on a local basis. the delivery system as local. the cost of the system is pretty much based on local cost and the availability of services. it is a local issue. there were several versions discussed during the health reform law. congress determine the that retaining what is good in the state-based system was a good idea. keeping state regulators there to be the advocates and protectors was a good idea. but some oversight and changes that are being dictated, we have discussed. we are retaining what is good in the state-based system but putting some improvements in place that will make the health i

hello and welcome to the business program russia's biggest carmaker after vas is back in the black the company's profit of less than a million dollars for the first seven months is small but it shows a considerable turnaround for a company that required a federal bailout just twelve months ago the improvement has been widely attributed to the government's cash for clunkers program which has helped lift sales by around fifty percent. speaking at the moscow international a to show active us president viktor come out on set the company is aiming to stay profitable for the rest of the year his ambitions could be helped by a broader rebound in the russian kama kit which is being targeted by money for his over the world ati's daniel bushell is to the make sure to find out. several will permit is here at the most going to national motor show after business pushing a new competitor to the globally dominant g.p.s. sat nav system is called blown has been in development in russia for decades and. will now put it in his calls from next year but the key focus is luxury mosco ready has more luxury c

police arrested the man for ago va aggravated assault and violation of his probation. >>> an event known as one of those san francisco affairs is moving. it's expected to draw about 14,000 people to richmond. nbc bay area's monty francis is in richmond with the story for us tonight. monty? >> reporter: diane, richmond stands to benefit financially from the event. what remains to be seen is if it will have a positive effect on richmond's image. event producers describe the exotic erotic ball as a celebration of flesh, fetish and freedom. the event started as the nudist ball in san francisco in the late 1970s, by 2002, it moved to the cow palace sk. and now it's headed to the new pavilion in richmond. the event's producer said by moving here, they would have more control over concessions and ticketing and that the craneway still provides a view of the city by the bay. some who live near the pavilion told us they have concerns about the event coming to town. >> we hope that this will not be the los of noise and hope nothing gets damaged, i hope it doesn't get too wild. >> i just hope they k

there are obviously some indications, both within the va system and within the private sector of health organizations that have managed to get a grip on costs without severely compromising quality of care. these experiments have proved hard to replicate. we do not understand how some have been so successful in cost control, and not able to replicate that in other cities. it is a very tough problem. arenot saying that there easy solutions year. i wish that i had a magic bullet for you, but i do not. >> senator, there is a report from cms that outlined the potential savings of medicare that might come from some changes already proposed. but it seems to me as important as medicare is, i would point to the bigger problem of medicaid. it is an example of how the federal system is really broken. the states always come for assistance to the federal government during a downturn. so that system does not have permanence, does not have stability over the longer term. if you think about medicaid as a program, that one needs desperate attention. more broadly, if you look -- simon and i are both on t

. >> [inaudible] passed a budget for the va. ou all were heading home and i was catching a flight, i was catching the 1 after you. the medal of honor association took a bunch of us from the hospital and they threw a big banquet for us. there are veterans out here now that are waiting for their disabilities that cannot work. i think that there va is taking their time and people are taken out of their houses because they cannot work and their houses are being foreclosed on. the biggest force that we have no overseas our reserves. we need to see about changing a bill for the compensation that the reserves get because we're working from the korean war era instead of updating now so that we can be compensated. i have 25 years in the service. all i am compensated is with what i get to the g8. i get nothing to compensate me on my service to this country until after i turn 60. >> we have changed the disability rolls 10 or 15 years ago because there was a lot of fraud and a lot of people were on disability that did not deserve it. we made

the continuing heat wave is blaming 15 deaths. with mississippi, 10 and tennessee, and he to adviser res/warnings art and 18 states, richmond va., temperaturesees for the among attendees. that is the most, ever, temperatures of 100 degrees for 10 days. time to take a look outside the traffic on this thursday. this is san walnut creek. you can see that this is the 680240 interchange. and in a san jose, highway 101, northbound, southbound, and it is moving well in both directions. right to the guadeloupe or pass. we will be right back. >> stanford needed university is announcing of medical students left your textbooks. web producer, the kimberly sakamoto will tell us why. kimberly? >> and you can see that they have set out 100 ipads will be loaded on this ipad and officials said this transition is more environmentally friendly. and another advantage that this will have advanced computer imaging and access to information from extra websites. if you'd like to read more about these new devices? what's on the web with kimberlee sakamoto. www.kron.com >> it is huge, and it will take to office buildings of all the power grid. the 600 kw that you see

struggling car industry this will help employ over thirty thousand former workers of the country's largest auto manufacturer after vas there's own well produced car components using the workers existing skills agreements have already been reached with potential investors who say they've got over one point three billion dollars to invest of the government's side improve infrastructure and lower business costs are being promised prime minister putin has already signed a decree to get the ball rolling pressured to act has also called for foreign carmakers operating in russia as new rules mean they have to significantly localize their production.

struggling car industry this will help employ over thirty thousand former workers of the country's largest auto manufacturer after vas his own well produced car components using the workers' existing skills agreements have already been reached with potential investors who say they've got over one point three billion dollars where to turn best of the government's side improve infrastructure and lower business costs are being promised prime minister platoons are already signed a decree to get the ball rolling pressured to act has also called for foreign carmakers operating in russia as new rules mean they have to significantly localize their production. that's all the business news for now but do log on to our website r.t. dot com slash business for more stories there. to . sign up to fill in the military because i thought that it was my duty that it was something the right thirteen to help my country i believe my government that it is necessary for americans to feel known there was a lot of drug abuse the lot of the murder of american officers by american soldiers there were a lot of serious. problems by. this all the

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. >> when it does so, the air that surrounds the plant is ionized and gives off ultimate va violet lightely unique. the process took a year to perfect. even caught his wife julie off guard. >> were you surprised when he came up with this? >> my wife was a saint for 11 months and 28 days. >> i didn't know what he was talking about for a very long time. >> she sat me down and said that i needed to get focussed on what i was going to accomplish and get on with it. >> when people say that robert's work generates a buzz, they're not just talking literally but also figuratively. the photos are like ink blots open to interpretation. and by now robert has heard a few of them. >> old man in the clouds. gnome in the trees. the face of god. >> do you buy into that? >> everything i have to say about that discussion is bounded by the four sides of my premise. >> that's not an answer. >> no, it's not. i think that art that is powerful poses more questions than it answers. >> and in robert's case, it answers the question what do you do when you're tired of shooting landscapes? well, you make a pretty g

the united states have tumbled to their lowest level in 40 years. this is a day after statistics show existing homes had hit a 15-year low. >> in alexandria, va., they are busy building new homes. the bulldozers that can help dig our economy out of its whole are working, but for how much longer? this property is lucky to have several interested buyers, but since the tax credits expired in april, fewer people are putting their money in britain and mortar. >> there is a mad rush. a lot of people want to buy houses. it does not matter. we are seeing that change a lot. >> 266,000 new homes were sold in the united states last month. that is the lowest level in nearly 50 years, and that is a problem for the broader economy. fewer home sales mean fewer jobs in the construction industry, a sector that traditionally power's recovery. each new home creates new jobs every year, but nervous buyers have particular concerns about new homes. >> my clients are worried about how long it is going to take. are they going to be living in construction for a year or two years? are they going to be able to complete it? >> one firm that probably will not be going out of bu

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the nation is about. >> kris perry and sandy stier and paul katami and jeff va israel low filed the challenge to prop 8- jeff zarrillo filed the proposition this year. they said the initiative thwarted their hopes of getting married. what's next in the battle over same-sex marriage? anne makovec reports. >> reporter: the headlines are out saying the ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. a lot of people would think i could marry a same-sex partner. that's not the case here at the san francisco city hall. at least for today and most of tomorrow. that's what we know unequivalent. here's what's next in the judicial process. there is a temporary stay that maintains the ban on same-sex marriage. while the judge considers whether to us is spend his ruling during the appeals process. by friday, tomorrow, both sides must submit written statements to the judge so he can decide. then the first appeal will happen in the noon u.s. supreme court court of appeals here in san francisco. the losing side must file a merits appeal asking the court to decide if judge walker's ruling was proper. that ruling is expe

the race longer. that one will be close. it is august 24. host: richmond, va., on the republican line. i was a big fan of ken bucks. even though there is a mess in the colorado gop race, doesn't the presence helped to block it? you have been energized tea party that drove buck to victory. i saw some video. there is a real passion for buck among the conservative base in colorado. he will bring out people -- they will definitely vote for buck. guest: you make a great point. as maybe some of the establishment support rallies around ken buck -- the tea party did not like norton because the establishment rallied around her. but this may draw out the the tea party folks if he embraces the national party. host: has sarah palin or other high-profile republicans weighed in on the race? guest: jim demint who is an incumbent from south carolina has weighed in. he is a champion of the tea party movement. he and mitch mcconnell have gone head-to-head. you remember the kentucky race, the republican primary there. he was one of the key people ofbuck last spring. he still has those two party credentia