inside that part you fully embedded yourself with the team, activists and lawyers from proposition viii which is the constitutional amendment that took away mayor rich writes for same-sex couples in california. how did this come to pass? you said you were interested because you reported on of coming out in favor of marriage equality which it was published three months after the lawsuit was filed purpleheart -- did you make the first call? >> guest: yes. i picked up the paper i saw a opposing cancels and litigation filed the lawsuit. i had known both men and i cover them and i thought whenever the story is of how this conservative icon ted olson came to embrace this house to be a fascinating story. i was in between investigative projects i picked up the phone and called and said i would love to do this story. but from my editors with "the new york times" said it is not investigative but i said i am fascinated that i am the only person he will talk to because he hates "the new york times". [laughter] >> host: he talked you obviously andy wrote to the story. did you make the first call abo

it decorates the reception hall of barberini palace in rome, home of pope urban viii, a great patronf the arts. to the modern sensibility, molded by the notion that less is more, it may seem decorative and confusing. a careful look at this work, done at the height of the baroque period, reveals a well-thought-out design based on a written plan. when urban looked up at his ceiling, he saw the figure of divine providence stretch her arms to a chorus of maidens who carry his family emblem, the barberini bees. they carry the bees to crossed keys of saint peter, the symbol of the papacy, and to the papal crown. the painting's meant to be read. it tells us that pope urban viii is a great and worthy man, but also that the ideals of the classical world have been subordinated to the values of triumphant christianity. every figure in this swirling panorama has meaning. the scenes painted around the sides of the ceiling tell stories extolling the pope's virtues. his unyielding battle against heresy is here symbolized by athena destroying insolence and pride in the shape of the giants. here his

been a member henry viii actually toward the monasteries and seized all their property and through the monks out into the countryside. i'm sure we know who henry viii is in this particular comparison, but anyway, i wish politics and prose a long and happy life, much longer impact than the monasteries in medieval england. there's three parts to what i'd like to do tonight. i'm going to explain how i came to this book, which is a -- a question some people are asked me about, but it's a question that really interests mormons, members of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints, whom i've been speaking to in recent days. secondly, i want to explain all of mormon history in about three or four minutes because it will help situate where this book is, why the events that are described in this book are important both in mormon history and in american history. and lastly i want to read from a book because i'm very old-fashioned and i really believe that at an author reading, authors should read. i once attended a reading by novelist name jonathan and you such a great writer i bought his

> time for a look back on this day in 1937, britain's king george vi was crowned after king edward viii abdicated to marry an american socialite. >> the eyes of the world were focused on london to crown the king of england. all the colorful panoply brought to theater streams a spectacle rarely seen more than once or twice in a lifetime. >>> happy birthday to tony hawk, he's 46. british rocker steve winwood, 66, and baseball legend yogi gr berra is 89. keep it here for more news, weather and sports. i'm betty nguyen. thank you for watchi >>> the smell of a massive fire at a south bay landfill lingers in the air. what firefighters are now telling us, coming up. >>> making after thieves take off with a number of items. >>> how the 49ers could be the one thing standing in the way of joe montana building a massive entertainment complex right across the street from levi's stadium. >>> it is monday, may 12th, this is "today in the bay." >>> well, good morning, everyone. happy monday. 4:30 in the morning. i'm scott mcgrew. >> lots to get to this morning, i'm l