unconscious under a picnic table naked from the waist down. the officer said he when he pointed his flashlight, the males a ran away but he couldn t identify them. he said her cell phone rang and one of the suspects picked up. phone and it was the victim s daughter, and he told him, how good his daughter was at certain sexual acts. manual ortega said. i just want to pimp her out and said go ahead and kill me. the officer saw her with scratch on her back moaning and vomiting. i m anticipating approximately 20 witnesses and i assume it will take probably two to three weeks. reporter: the teenaged girl police say was gang raped was not in court here today and is not expected to testify in this hearing. reporting live in martinez, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. lawyers for johannes mehserle are trying to get him out on bail pending an appeal of his manslaughter conviction. the former b.a.r.t. police officer was sentenced to two years in prison for shooting unarmed pass
his mind than this robocall. reporter: henson says he is now the target of state prosecutors, who are looking into whether he violated the law by trying to suppress voter turnout, an allegation he strongly denies. whether it s voter fraud or voter suppression. others say it is dirty politics. mr. ehrlich has to say what he asked mr. henson to do for his campaign. those matters must be investigated. as a matter of fact, it s required by law to be investigated. i m not going to go bob ehrlich, or bob ehrlich s team under the bus. it was a decision that was made in the heat of the campaign. and mr. henson is then at the center of controversial moves in other campaigns in the past. he says he expects to be served with a subpoena sometime later today. reporting live, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. henson advertised his campaign services that range up to $25,000. and they all include robocall. a baltimore takes a wrong turn. denise is in the newsroom with a loo
border. he was killed and now we are starting to see both sides really begin to search in earnest for his body. also we re seeing even more questions about the widow s story of how this happened. we ll talk to her and his mother ahead. first, though, we head right to the news desk this morning. erica hill is standing by with this this morning s headlines. good morning to all of you at home. we begin this morning with wild weather in the west including a rare tornado outbreak in northern arizona. priya david-clemens is in hard-hit belmont with the latest. good morning. good morning. just outside flagstaff at this rv sales lot. look at the destruction here. the wind tossed these rvs like toys, tore some apart comple completely. not a scene they are used to in the arizona desert. a swarm of tornadoes derailed dozens of train cars and tossed rvs in the air tearing a destructive path through neighborhoods, ripping off roofs. the worst i ve ever seen. reporter: and blowin
it is a hotly debated issue in this country, almost certainly headed to the supreme court. do gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry? in california today, a federal judge said they do, striking down the state s ban on same-sex marriage, a ban that had been approved by voters two years ago. priya david begins our coverage of this landmark case. reporter: two years of rallies, protests and marches led up to judge vaughn walker s landmark ruling this afternoon, that california s proposition 8 banning gay marriage is unconstitutional. judge walker wrote: california s highest court legalized same-sex marriage in may 2008, and about 18,000 same- sex couples promptly tied the knot. i now pronounce you married under the laws of the state of california. reporter: but by november, outraged californians overturned gay marriage by voting in the proposition 8 ban. it will never be right! reporter: that led these two couples and the city of san francisco to file s
proposition 8 ban. it will never be right. reporter: that led these two couples and the city of san francisco to file suit. this is a victory for the american people. it s a victory for our justice system. reporter: today in san francisco, they were exuberant over judge walker s ruling. this decision says that we are americans, too. we, too, should be treated equally. our family is just as loving, just as real, and just as valid as everyone else s. reporter: proposition 8 supporters promise a continued battle. marriage unites a man and a woman with each other and any children that come from the relationship. that s what we call traditional marriage. reporter: still, 52% of californians voted to ban gay marriage, so same-sex marriage supporters tell us they re continuing outreach efforts to sway public opinion their way. we are building solid majority support and that s exactly what s needed whether we win in the courts ultimately or back at the ballot box.