and later, a terrifying new view of that workplace shooting rampage in connecticut. one of the victims on the phone, on the tape. you ll hear the 911 call. what happened as it happens. and on president obama s birthday, how many americans do you actually think still believe he s a foreigner, born overseas? we have new numbers, and as you see, they are stunning. we begin, though, tonight with the breaking news. take a look. live pictures tonight from west hollywood and san diego. almost two years after 52% of californians voted to approve proposition 8, a ban on same-sex marriage, the other 48% now has something to celebrate. federal district judge vaughn walker, republican appointee, striking down the measure ruling, it cannot survive any level of scrutiny under the 14th amendment s equal protection clause. contained within the ruling and hugely important in establishing legal precedent were dozens of findings of fact. among them, according to the judge, sexual on trient
well, we were the first state in the nation to pass and then i signed a bill a number of months ago saying that it was not permissible to virginia to mandate our citizens have to buy a product of health insurance. it was one of the bases of our claims in filing the lawsuit against the federal government. we re delighted that judge hudson ruled that the federal government s motion to dismiss was not proper and now the case will proceed on its merits in about two months. the bottom line is this, bill, that we don t think it s in the constitution to mandate that a sitten of the united states must buy a product or its service, in this case health shrnts, and if you don t, to be subject to a fine. that s not what our founders envisioned in the constitution and i think it s worth a fight. bill: you could almost break it down in even simpler terms. you re arguing that the federal government has overreached and the courts should stop it. is that the check of power you re looking fo
concerns about racial discrimination to the union. we take the representation of all of ou meb they went on to say, we have lost friends and family as a they went on to say, we have lost friends and family as a kher help each other through the owners of the beer distribution company says, quote, everyone at hartford distributors is devastated by this morning s tragic and senseless act. our focus right now is on the families. one of the survivors of today s attack was steve hollander. he was shot twice but survived. tonight, he tells the associated press that omar thornton was as cold as ice as he began firing his gun. hollander says that thornton chose to quit his job, rather than be fired. and pulled out a gun and started shooting. news 8 talked with steve hollander on the phone tonight. he did not want to go on camera. here is what we know now about this deadly shooting. gunfire broke out at hartford distributors in manchester, after 7:30 this morning. manchester police say nine
new york s ground zero can move ahead. that s after a controversial decision. after emotional and passionate debate throughout this controversy. dan harris has the story. thank you all very much. reporter: there was applause. mixed with jeers when the vote came down. apologize for this disgrace. reporter: a muslim group has cleared their final civic hurdle, allowing them to tear down this building, half a block from ground zero, and put up a community center, which will include a prayer room, on a site they say was purposely chosen to promote interfaith dialogue and post-9/11 healing. their argument is, this is an entire city and an entire nation that is trying to heal after a traumatic event. how is that reporter: muslims need to be part of that. how is that healing? by building a mosque? and in your face mosque at ground zero? what just happened is like spraying swastikas over a jewish memorial. reporter: the group was celebrating. and pushing back criti
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