since gotten out of the mob and interesting to get his take on what he thinks about this big bust. jason carroll, appreciate it. this week, we re taking a look at extreme parenting. parents that take their child-bearing to the cutting edge or some may say over the edge. you can decide on this one. it s called cosleeping. mom and dad sharing the bed with their kids. i ll be talking about that coming up next. first, we all complain about stuck in traffic and everyone thinks it s worse in their own city. a survey of the commutes in the country. if you re in one of these cities, you spend an unbelievable 42 to 48 hours a year stuck in your car! it gets worse! i ll tell you who is in the top five next.
a professor s extreme technique has trigger ready a national debate. you know you re an extreme parent if. we ll have plenty of stories to help you fill in the blank as we begin with lat% su who was raised by his vietnamese father. he has a very different take on what it s like to endure that kind of tough upbringing. any love yous are no white people, he describes the abuse the name calling and the stress of it this style of traditional asian child bearing. he joins me live from san diego. first, why don t we describe raised by a tiger mom. what does that mean to you? being raised by a tiger mother to me means as a child i
federal judges. testimony was given for 13 days in january, proceedings that were punctuated by heated and emotional debate inside and outside the courtroom. you saw some of the protests happening there. supporters argued this a been on gay marriage was needed to safeguard traditional marriage and encourage responsible child bearing. opponents said that tradition or fears of harming heterosexual unions are legally insufficient grounds to discriminate against gay couples and most courtroom observers will sell you tell you that they believe the opponents to the ban did present the stronger case. lawyers on both sides presented closing arguments in june and here we are finally on the day when we expect to hear the judge s final ruling. jon back to you. jon: the judge has said this isn t going to be the end of the issue, right? reporter: no, what we do know right now is that both sides have said they will file an appeal if the judge does not rule in their favor. and, jon, that will mov
whole issue a few blocks away from here over to the 9th circuit court of appeals and one step closer to the u.s. supreme court where this issue will determine the legality of gay marriage nationwide. jon: what are some of the big arguments going on here? reporter: well, some of the big arguments and issues that emerged during the course of this trial, one of the most heated revolved around the defense s argument that league georgia hraoeuzing gay marriage would somehow cause harm to heterosexual unions and 18,000 legally married couples here in california would undermine those straight marriages. but when the judge repeatedly pressed on how that harm could occur the defense team really couldn t answer. another big issue had to do with raising kids, supporters of prop 8 said that the ban was necessary so that families could have kids where there was a mother and a father. again opponents argued child bearing and reproducing is not a
by heated and emotional debate inside and outside the courtroom and supporters argue the ban was needed to safeguard traditional marriage and encourage responsible child bearing, opponents said that tradition or fears of harming heterosexual unions were legally insufficient grounds to discriminate against gay couples and there was a long break before lawyers presented their closing arguments in the middle of june, which brings us to today. when we expect to get the judge s written ruling in a matter of hours. back to you. martha: all right, claudia, it will not be the end of it, necessarily, though, right. reporter: hardly, the one thing we know at this point is both sides have said they will file an appeal if the judge does not rule in their favor and that moves the whole issue just a few blocks away, to the 9th circuit court of appeals and, one step closer to the u.s. supreme court. martha: claudia cowan, thank you very much, and, in san francisco, and she s wearing a turtle neck a