will take an oath when he first takes office that he will uphold and visa and preserve the united states constitution and the very next day he commits perjury because he doesn't do it and he's not alone i mean nancy pelosi doesn't keep earth she doesn't care about the constitution harry reid doesn't care about the constitution why is this all of this uprising being seen when president barack obama and the white house where we're americans and your fellow tea parties and the sheriff's way george w. bush was sitting in the white house for eight years i've been saying this about bush and clinton i've been saying this last twenty years but wow but the rest of the americans that are turning out are all these tea parties ok but this is a valid question and it's a good question and it's a real. phenomenon that exists and the uprising did start big time with brock obama there's no question that this uprising though was happening during the clinton and bush but not on the level that it was not at the level we see you know no question about it no question about it i did speaking tours before this but not at th

statement, proposition 8 violates the equal protection guarantee of the 14th amendment of the united states constitutiony taking away the right of same-sex couples to marry without sufficient governmental interest. larry gerstein in washington, d.c. says proposition 8 could be a wedge issue used to hammer candidates leading up to election day. >> both candidates would love to run from it further than they can as we get towards the november 2nd election, they will be asked about this again and again. it will be one issue, if you will, that delineates stark differences between the two. >> it remains to be seen how much the gay marriage divide will influence voter opinion at ballot box. >>> before voters get to the ballot box, brown and whitman will square off in three debates. tom brokaw will moderate one of those debates in the bay area. it will be held at dominican university in san rafael. both candidates have accepted that october 12th invitation. it will be an hour-long debate, but the format has yet to be determined. though brokaw will be the sole questioner. >> at the end of the debate, i hope the

saying proposition 8 violates the equal protection guarantee of the 14th amendment of the united states constitutionking away the fight of the right of the same sex couples to marry without sufficient governmental interest. meg whitman said i believe marriage should be between a man and a woman and we have a very forward-looking civil union law. california's u.s. senate candidates split along party lines. barbara boxer applauded judge walker's ruling while carly fiorina said the voters spoke clearly when they approved prop 8. we have posted the entire 138 page document on our website, abc7news.com, under "see it on tv." you'll also find more reaction to the ruling as well as photos of the celebration at city hall. >> we know this morning oakland will have a new mayor next year. the race will be wide open now that ron dellum says he will not run. he was elected to the berkeley city council in 1967, served 27 years in congress. he has been an absent and inacceptable mayor. >> i'm happy to see he's not running because i don't think he's been, you know, much of a mayor to begin with. >> we haven't seen

moral and political connotation it's well yes it's remarkable because right there in the united states constitution it says no money shall be of any medium other than gold and silver it's hard coded because america revolted against britain to get away from the bank of england to get away from fractional reserve funny money that's part of the reason as brant franklin said the primary reason that they start of the united states of america now they're enslaved by a federal reserve system that's not even owned by america it's owned by foreign interests and now of course in america the entire islamic culture and religion has been completely vilified but as you point out in the qur'an they say things that are exactly in the u.s. constitution they recognize gold and money is the only viable medium of exchange that wall prevent the kind of ponzi scheme market manipulation insider trading we see in wall street in the city of london perpetrated by the the shucks and the shucks you know associates down there at the various banks that we always talk about so it's remarkable to me that ron paul if he were reall

that i am surprised, to say the least, the discussion is being held about amending the united states constitution before we even get to the table on amending the statutes that actually carry out immigration policy. i think that wre the action needs to be any talk of amending the constitution is just wrong. >> i wonder if you have discussed that with the president and if you have a sense of his feelings? >> i spoke on this ticket days ago. -- two days ago. the president and secretary napolitano agree on this. the 14th amendment has provided equal protection and due process for more than 150 years. these are two things that we do not think need to be tampered with. amending our constitution takes a long time. with a little leadership, we could have comprehensive immigration reform. it is always interesting that -- i said this the other day -- and that those to have -- those who have talked with fidelity about not tampering with our constitution have not chosen at the 14th amendment as an approach to immigration reform here it is rich with irony. >> do e is see this legislation in part as an answer

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people who can honor the religious freedoms of muslims in this country, who can honor the united states constitutionnd also honor the wishes of the people who lost their loved ones on 9/11. i just don't see why this has to be so different. and the fact that we have to view it as such, that it's either us against them is making this a more difficult conversation, that we can't follow what governor paterson said and can't we sit down and move it a few blocks so that the footprint of 9/11 isn't impacted by this but, in fact, muslims get to worship wherever they want to in lower manhattan? i don't understand why it has to be such a big issue. and i don't understand why people like the imam wouldn't want to say if this is so much a concern to you, let me move it. you come when we open this four more blocks down and let's hold hands and show the world that we can negotiate our differences, our concerns and our fears. >> because the problem is that people are offering something that's not just hypothetical, but also counter factual. the fact is that muslims didn't -- it's not as if muslims were terrorists

i -- [inaudible] i do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states, and the constitution of the state of california, that i bear trap, faith, and allegiance to the state, that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter. and during such time, as i hold the position, as a member -- [inaudible] for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations, everybody. [applause] i appreciate how effective that was. [applause] >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >> it is going to be a good thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someon

. >> i am surprised, to say the least, that discussion is being had about amending the united states constitution before we even get to the table on amending the statutes that actually carry out immigration policies. i think that's where the action needs to be, and any talk of amending the constitution is just wrong. i think it's just wrong. >> white house press secretary robert gibbs today said that president obama agrees with napolitano that it would be wrong to make that constitutional change. republican senator john mccain also says he does not support changing the 14th amendment. >>> coming up next at six, continuing coverage on the developing news involving an arrest in a case that has terrorized people living in a bay area apartment complex. a five-day event in the bay area design to help struggling homeowners. we look at how it works and how not everyone is coming away satisfied. . >>> the bay area neighborhood is taking matters into its own hands because of all the police layoffs in the city. >>> plus is life beyond earth? a lot of people who think there is are gathered in the bay area r

i -- [inaudible] i do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california, that i bear trap, faith, and allegiance to the state,

i -- [inaudible] i do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states, and the constitution of the state of california, that i bear trap, faith, and allegiance to the state, that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter. and during such time, as i hold the position, as a member -- [inaudible] for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations, everybody. [applause] i appreciate how effective that was. [applause] >> welcome to a special edition of main stage. the first anniversary. time to look back at one year of great performances from the stage of san francisco's main library. we will key the authors, poets and playwrights, the story tellers and the photographers and hear music brought to our stage from 4 continents. we will also meet some of the people that help bring the performances from the coet auditorium to your television screen. time to celebrate, main stage year 1. >> 3 cups of tea with each other. >> doesn't a

i -- [inaudible] i do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states, and the constitution of the state of california, that i bear trap, faith, and allegiance to the state, that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter. and during such time, as i hold the position, as a member -- [inaudible] for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations, everybody. [applause] i appreciate how effective that was. [applause] >> the most important thing abuot this decision was the decision itself, and the words that would matter most are in the 138-page document that are processed in thea ppellate court. they did not just set out to win a lower court decision. they set out to withstand scrutiny at the appellate level, successfully and unsuccessfully, understanding what the court is up against. judge walker set forth rules that became the foundation to which this will, i believe and hope, be appealed and adjudicated at the supreme court

i -- [inaudible] i do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states, and the constitution of the state of california, that i bear trap, faith, and allegiance to the state, that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter. and during such time, as i hold the position, as a member -- [inaudible] for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations, everybody. [applause] i appreciate how effective that was. [applause] >> i have 2 job titles. i'm manager of the tour program as well as i am the historyian of city hall. this building is multifaceted to say the very least it's a municipal building that operates the city and county of san francisco. this building was a dream that became a reality of a man by the name of james junior elected mayor of san francisco in 1912. he didn't have a city hall because it was destroyed in the earth wake of 1906. construction began in april of 1913. in december 1915, the building was complete. it

twitter saying proposition 8 violates equal protection guarantee of the 14th amendment of the united states constitutiontaking away the right of same sex couples to marry without a sufficient governmental interest. republican meg whitman said i believe marriage should be between a man and woman and added we have a very forward-looking civil union law. california's u.s. senate candidates split along party lines. gop challenger carly fiorina said they spoke clearly when they approved prop 8. if you would like to read the judge's ruling, posted at abc7news.com under "see it on tv." you'll find more reaction to the ruling as well as photos of that celebration at city hall. >> a robbery with a twist overnight. san francisco police say one robbery suspect ended upshot when he and others targeted an offduty federal officer in the bayview district. theresa garcia is live at the scene on marlin court. trust trustee. >> the suspects really chose the wrong person or maybe a tough person to challenge here because this was or is a special agent carrying a gun offduty. where we're at is a residential neighborhood of

i -- [inaudible] i do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states, and the constitution of the state of california, that i bear trap, faith, and allegiance to the state, that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter. and during such time, as i hold the position, as a member -- [inaudible] for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations, everybody. [applause] i appreciate how effective that was. [applause] >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to a gorgeous day on treasure island. in the redevelopment director of the treasure island authority. would you please rise for the singing of the national anthem? >> ♪ o, say, can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hail at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air dates proof through the n

, an even deeper level lies the relationship between the definition of marriage and the united states' constitutiond all of its guarantees, limitations and everything else. >> what clouds some of this, i would say, is there no is specific reference to gay marriage anywhere in the constitution. >> yep. >> so the justices have to interpret this document. >> yep. and that's where it gets murky. muddy. whatever you want to say. look, proposition 8 opponents claim their right to marry is based on the 14th amendment. there are a whole series of guarantees in that equal protection under the laws clause that apply to all kinds of civil rights issues. we've heard about this for more than 100 years. the proposition 8 proponents counter that marriage is not explicitly mentioned in the constitution, and they're right, by the way. it is not explicitly mentioned. so the state has the right to make its own marriage rules, which would give reason to let the proposition stand. in the end, it gets to the very point you mentioned a few minutes ago. a court, whether it's now the u.s. court of appeals or, in fact, more

i -- [inaudible] i do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states, and the constitution of the state of california, that i bear trap, faith, and allegiance to the state, that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter. and during such time, as i hold the position, as a member -- [inaudible] for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations, everybody. [applause] i appreciate how effective that was. [applause] i have never been here before. i just want to say ♪ thanks and i hope that all of your i tems turn out right everyone is going to be dancing in the fullman light -- full mooonlight everyone is going to be dancing. i hope your items turnout right. dancing in the moonlight everyone is going to be feeling right. everyone is dancing in the city tonight and i do not want to see any nightclub fighting, fighting in the night, and i hope it turns out right in the full moonlight tonight. thank you. president bus \ / \ -- p

now the state has decided, california decided and it's been taken into an exclusively federal forum. the only question now is what is the scope of the federal constitution, the united states constitution? and does it recognize the fundamental right of same sex marriage. >> let's talk about this. if it does come down against prop 8, of course it will be appealed but could weddings resume in the meantime for gay couples? >> probably not. the supporters of prop 8 have already asked for a stay of the judge's decision. so if the judge says prop 8 is unconstitutional, in all likelihood i think judge walker will put that on hold. issue what we call a stay and say that the status quo remains until there's a final resolution by the supreme court. he doesn't want to create another addition to that crazy quilt of people getting married and unmarried and some people being able to marry and some not being able to marry. >> obviously the reputation for being very liberal. the roberts supreme court has the reputation for being the opposite. how could this go as it winds its way through the system? >> i think if prop 8 is found n unconstitutional, they will uphold the decision. th

both the equal protection clause and the due process clause of the constitution-- of the united states constitution. >> reporter: well, i think he does say that, and he's also talking a lot about discrimination. many references in this 135-page decision to discrimination against gays and lesbians. that's really a strong point that he makes and so he thinks that that's protected under the constitution, that you can't discriminate. >> woodruff: spence eabout this charge from the critics, the opponents , the supporters of proposition 8, that this was a liberal judge, in fact, he was appointed by-- initially attempted to be appointed by president reagan and was appointed by george h. w. bush. >> reporter: that's right, he was appoint bide president george h. w. bush. he's regarded as a maverick, a libertarian. there were signs in front of the court that alluded to his own sexual orientation, kind of criticizing him. whether that had anything to do with this case nobody knows but it's been talked about a fair amount. >> woodruff: spencer, what does this ruling mean for couples in the state of california

saying proposition 8 violates the equal protection guarantee of the 14th amendment of the united states constitutiontaking away the right of same sex couples to marry without sufficient governmental interest. meg whitman said i believe marriage should be between a man and a woman and added we have a forward-looking civil union law. u.s. senate candidates also split along party lines. barbara boxer applauded judge walker's ruling while carly fiorina said the voters spoke clearly when they approved prop 8. if you'd like to read judge walker's ruling we posted the document at abc7news.com under "see it on tv." you'll also find reaction to that ruling as well as viewer-submitted photos of the celebration at city hall. >> in the east bay a man will return to court today to enter a plea in the pitbull attack that killed his two-year-old step grandson. jacob died after three dogs attacked him insite the garage of his family's home in concord on july 22nd. steven faces two felony charges including child endangerment. an attorney will represent him today. he served as his own lawyer during his initially cour

. >>> well the latest controversy in the immigration debate involves changing the united states constitution allison person reports some prominent republicans are now talking about denying citizenship to children of illegal immigrants. >> she just remembers crossing the river and swimming across the river and just, you know, really struggling. >> reporter: struggling. >> it's a story often told in owing ga medinah's family. >> she was five months pregnant. >> it meant she and her brother would be born in the united states and automatically become american citizens. it's a guarantee of the institution's 14th amendment that people porn in the u.s. are citizens. medinah who recently graduated from stanford said she has never taken it for granted. >> i consider american citizenship to be just a paramount privilege in my life. >> life. >> but now the 14th amendment is coming under fireplace. a growing chorus of republicans says it encourages illegal immigrants. it has evolved into something the founders didn't intend. >> no one envisioned millions of people coming across the border to have babies

i -- [inaudible] i do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states, and the constitution of the state of california, that i bear trap, faith, and allegiance to the state, that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter. and during such time, as i hold the position, as a member -- [inaudible] for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations, everybody. [applause] i appreciate how effective that was. [applause] >> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and data. not a graphic you see on a screen. you get the traffic for the streets the number of crimes for a police district in a period of time. if the idea of combining the different layerce of information and stacking them on top of each other to present to the public. >> other types of gis are web based mapping systems. like google earth, yahoo maps. microsoft. those are examp

which its that the constitution of the united states says that people should not be treated differently constitution of the united states says explicitly that we are entitled to equal protection. let all people be free to marry. it does not, it does not have anything to do with the differences in the sexes, there have many books writ any but that. of course there are differences between the sexes. the point is that people should not be deprived of their basic constitutional rights because of their sexual orientation. a very simple point. don't take rights from people. >> it is, dennis, it is the same in the sense that it is separate but equal. i don't understand how you cannot say that is the same thing. to say we are, you know, like when we let black people marry white people not going to call it marriage like you are real people. separate but equal is not an american and not constitutional. >> are you saying then that, since the inception of the united states or the constitution we have done something evil by having marriages man/woman. >> this is like any other civil rights battle. w

i -- [inaudible] i do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united statesand the constitution of the state of california, that i bear trap, faith, and allegiance to the state, that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter. and during such time, as i hold the position, as a member -- [inaudible] for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations, everybody. [applause] i appreciate how effective that was. [applause] >> let's get started. thank you all. very much. for taking the time to be here. i'm willie brown. and i'm honored to swear in 13 new and not old in terms of time of life but senior representatives of various bodies and boards of commissions in city leadership. i have the privilege today of wearing in 13 people. five who have served previously on board the commissions and seven that will be serving for their first times. i'm honored to be joined by many distinguished guests, leaders in their own right and capacity, m

i -- [inaudible] i do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states, and the constitution of the state of california, that i bear trap, faith, and allegiance to the state, that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter. and during such time, as i hold the position, as a member -- [inaudible] for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations, everybody. [applause] i appreciate how effective that was. [applause] what we are doing something that many cities in california and across the country are doing. that is celebrating the budget and is on time that protect social services for the most vulnerable citizens. it protect public safety and preserves the values that make this city such a great place. we did it without significant borrowing or raising taxes. we did it without a lot of support from the state partners and the federal government. we did it because we put aside our differences. we got creative. we got to work. t