The marriage was made possible when the u. S. Supreme court declined to hear an appeal that sought to ban samesex marriages in five states, including virginia. Erika turner says when the couple got the news this morning, they decided right away to act. She came up to me crying and said i think we can get married today. We had plans for august. We were going to come to d. C. But the opportunity presented itself a little sooner, so we wanted to take advantage of that. Reporter earlier on the same plaza, Virginia Attorney general mark herring celebrated the advent with other democratic elected officials. Shortly after he was sworn in january, herring announced he believed the ban on samesex marriage approved by virginia voters in 2006 was unconstitutional. The rights and privileges of marriage, which are guaranteed to us by the United States constitution, are now available to all loving, committed couples in virginia. Reporter other virginia samesex couples, most previously married in oth
Reporter john towson of aaa midatlantic says theres proof behind the theory. Right now is the busiest time to be driving. The second busiest . Tomorrow starting at 11 00. Then it gets worse at 3 00. Reporter what makes tomorrow extra tricky is rain and snow making roads slippery. I want to avoid the rain and snow tomorrow if it comes. Reporter john isnt the only one thinking that way on this line to pick up honey baked hams in Silver Spring. The line must have been a mile down the way. Reporter this giant is packed. Tell me what its like in there. Crazy. Reporter the best day to drive is the actual holiday. Leave on thursday anyway. Just wait it out. Let the storm pass over, pass through. And then its better to be safe than to be sorry. Reporter or just do what jen mercer of potomac does. Stay local. We dont leave town on thanksgiving ever. Reporter not a bad idea. Im not going to leave town either. I know it looks like this traffic is moving behind me. They actually are but when they
Out of their homes tonight after fire ripped through two buildings and damaged a third 234 San Francisco. Even someones pet had to be pulled from the flames. Thanks for joining us. Im matt keller. It began just after 4 00 this afternoon between church and 15th streets in San Francisco. You could see the flames shooting up into the air shortly after the fire started. Abc 7 News Reporter sergio quinn tan a is live at the scene. Reporter this was a threealarm fire. Crews were able to get a handle on it after a pretty hard fight. You can see right now for the last few hours, weve been actually watching crews board up the tall floor of that building. There are three buildings damaged here. Residents tell us theyre now trying to figure out what theyre going to do. You can see fire crews attacking the flames. I received texts saying that the apartment is on fire. And i should come home. Which is a little disconcerting. Reporter she showed us her text as she met with the red cross at a nearby
This date his deputies were looking for three fugitives they found him in an apartment with children inside hiding in a closet just a block from an elementary school. They are the Unsung Heroes of Law Enforcement. Like the military slogan says these folks do more by 9 00 a. M. Than most do all day. The u. S. Marshals arrested 7200 fugitives and violent offenders during the month long operation, more than 200 in the state of new jersey and 20 in camden. It but the a dent in the crime in camden and it ended april 107b8g, but these deputies continue to take back the streets. By taking these dangerous individuals off the street and seizing illegal narcotics and currency and weapons, we put an immediate end to their unlawful activities. While Authorities Say this operation was a huge success we would be remiss if we did not mention josie wells the Deputy Marshall killed in the line of duty in baton rouge louisiana. The reward is now 20,000 tonight for information that leads to an arrest and
i ¿ from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Was it easier on draft night . There are so many options. Trading up and down. T is like we begin with paul allen. He is the cofounder of microsoft that made him millions of dollars. He has a very interest including neuroscience. He is the owner of the Seattle Seahawks. He is in new york where we talked to him this week about the chances where Seattle Seahawks to win the super bowl. What brought you to buying sports franchises . The trail blazers mom i was fan of the supersonics. Right after we moved microsoft to seattle. This is the 1978 time frame. And they won the nba championship. And so every year, i would get tickets closer and closer to the court. And just became enthralled with nba basketball. And then i was on the board with someone that said the team might be for sale. So after a sixmonth long process of negotiating and oking oking the deal and looking at an xray of sam bowies leg and other things we were able to r