top of the hour, we will take you back to the fema directors that are going on right now. this news conference and we will listen to the very latest from winter park, florida, and get an update on recovery and rescue operations there. fema back to flood insurance. what kind of turnaround or how long until you expect people to be able to receive to face what s needed in their homes? how long do the inspections and claims take? yeah, one of the very first things that everybody should do is contact their insurance company to see what is going to be eligible. this includes flood insurance, which is by fema and also some of the other insurances they have for wind damage, et cetera. they are going to have to file that claim. one of the first thing that s going to have to happen is an inspection of that home, so they can determine the extent of damages. that will depend on the availability to access the homes. we know that there are still many homes that might be underwa
Sw swalwell. Michael montgomery, reporter for kqed and center for investigative reporting, and moore, professor of law. The u. S. Supreme court convened today behind closed doors discussing whether or not to review a Lower Court Ruling striking down californias proposition 8. Their highly anticipated decision could come monday. As you well know, the Supreme Court gets seven to eight thousand requests for cases to be reviewed. How do they decide . They only pick 80 or so a year. What is the criteria and why would prop 8 be an important one to look at . Its how legal the precedent is and how national the question is, how many people it affects, and relatedly, how much lower courts are struggling over that and related questions. So in the prop 8 case, its true the prop 8 is a californiaspecific measure, and its also true that a ninth circuit ruling tried to make its ruling nonspecific. California is such an important state and it occurs in dozens of other states and thats why it might hav
Sw swalwell. Michael montgomery, reporter for kqed and center for investigative reporting, and moore, professor of law. The u. S. Supreme court convened today behind closed doors discussing whether or not to review a Lower Court Ruling striking down californias proposition 8. Their highly anticipated decision could come monday. As you well know, the Supreme Court gets seven to eight thousand requests for cases to be reviewed. How do they decide . They only pick 80 or so a year. What is the criteria and why would prop 8 be an important one to look at . Its how legal the precedent is and how national the question is, how many people it affects, and relatedly, how much lower courts are struggling over that and related questions. So in the prop 8 case, its true the prop 8 is a californiaspecific measure, and its also true that a ninth circuit ruling tried to make its ruling nonspecific. California is such an important state and it occurs in dozens of other states and thats why it might hav