Earthquake hits japan this morning we will have more coming out. The live look outside in san jose, still looking pretty but dark out there. In dealing with cloudy conditions as well as past patchy dense fog and the north bay. Were expecting plenty of sunshine in the afternoon, a bit warmer than yesterday. Mostly clear and Cool Conditions into the evening. The full forecast is coming up in just a bit but for now over to erika the content as back up to the bay bridge plaza continues. To my knowledge the meeting lights are not active and we do not have any problems around the bay area. The east a phrase look good and no problems in the south bay no accidents along the peninsula and easy drive time. 23 minutes out of the bottle into the city. Overnight we had a strong earthquake in the northeastern part of japan. It was a 7. 3 earthquake and the same area where we had a 9. 0 earthquake years ago that killed 2000 people with the following tsunami. This earthquake took place around 518 loca
At this hour, we are watching the Nations Court as they make a decision on prop 8, samesex marriage. We have been waiting the word on whether they will review the lower courts decision on prop 8. This was the last before the justices break before the holiday. The question remains, do they want to take on prop 8 in california. We will go to alison burns in the washington d. C. Bureau with the latest on the waiting game. Alison . Reporter claudine, we could get word about more of the cases it will consider this term. Now the justices met again behind closed doors to continue talking about a number of challenges to gay marriage laws. Among them, californias proposition 8. The supporters of prop 8 are hoping they wouldnt review prop 8 and it would take hold legalizing samesex marriage in california and marriages could begin almost immediately. The court is also considering a number of changeleof challenges. We should tell you no news doesnt mean much. We have to wait until the Court Releas
Woman a. Sides of the debate. Because the high court has same sex marriage remains on hold in california, until there is a ruling. This is about fundamental coverage. J. R. Stone is standing by. Pam with reaction from both here to break down what because the high court has agreed to hear this case, same sex marriage remains on hold in california, until there is a ruling. The validity of same sex marriage in california has been an issue since 2004. And now we know, we will get the final word by next summer legal briefs will be filed and the case will be argued early next years. Possibly in the spring. Then the Supreme Court should issue its ruling very likely by the end of june. And we should also note the Supreme Court has also agreed to review the federal defense of marriage act. Legal experts say agreeing to review both cases is significant. It indicates that the court wants to indicate the entire ball of wax in one fell swoop. They are not looking to make a narrow ruling and keep th
And Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie along side Natalie Morales and al roker at his weather post. Well check in with you in a few minutes. We have former Vice President dick chaney here this morning. Hes in our green room. If you look at him now and think about how he looked the last time he was on the show, it tells the story. He was here about three years ago and i said dont take this the wrong way but you look a lot better than you did then. He had major Health Problems and discusses at lot of those and how severe they were in this new book. He received a new heart. He is very open about how close he came to death. Well talk to him in a few minutes. Well get to that later on. Lets get to todays top story and al, its the hurricane called raymond. Nobody loves raymond in this case. Especially our friends down in mexico. This is the first major hurricane in the pacific. We
So i get out before this plummets. Well, should we drink to that . Yes my dear friend andy medina was on the show on friday. He made an unbelievable pumpkin dip thing that was everybody went crazy for. Everyone loved it. What else did they go crazy for . Andy makes a margarita thats crazy, okay . It is so soaked in lime, he takes limes and just squeezes them. Fresh lime juice. It was delicious. Everyone said on the website, where was the margarita. Thank you for the dip but we need something to wash it down. We posted it on the website. Klgandhoda. Com youll see lots of lime and deliciousness. Id like andy to come back quite often. When he came into our lives he could barely, barely boil water. Now he can make anything. I always call him martha when hes in the kitchen. But hes amazing. So fun to have him back. You guys, theres been some video circulating. Its angered a lot of people. There are scout leaders, as you guys know, who were glen taylor in particular, who shall remain nameles