technical issues and the bigger issue. legalitywise, which came first, the chicken or the egg. this will make your head spin if you track the map of how many courts looked at this. ultimately i think we re probably not going to get anywhere near the 9th court taking this up until fall the end of the year. we ll continue talking about it. thanks so much. appreciate your time. thank you. investigators believe the murder of two american airmen in germany is tied to islamic terrorism. the 21-year-old suspect is a muslim from kosovo who worked at that airport. he has confessed to these killings. anne thompson is in frankfurt with the latest. do we have anymore details on what the suspect has been saying now that he s in custody?
we do know what happened at terminal 2 here at frankfurt airport is apparently there was a disagreement between the servicemen and the shooter. words were exchanged. uka took out a handgun and started firing and wounded two servicemen, killed another, and then went inside the bus and shot and killed the driver. he is expected in german court today. and that s the latest we have from frankfurt. thomas? and do we know anymore about whether or not how planned out this was? is he someone that oebs how much american u.s. military traffic goes through that airport so he knew the timing of when a bus load of service members was coming, or was this a little more random? well, if you spent any time at frankfurt airport you know it s very common to see u.s. military personnel through this airport in large part because the air base is just an hour and a half away. and it s home to some 39,000 military. and so we see them all the time.
so take us through the process. how did the state attorney general decide to move forward with this petition? well, inca milla harris was elected in november. she campaigned on a promise to not defend in court. and i think this was something that following president obama s decision last week to discontinue the federal act which actually defines marriage between a man and woman opened it for day marriage supporters. in the meantime, just let people get married. we are seeing a backlash from proponents of traditional marriage? well, i think this is obviously a hot-button issue. there s always going to be opposition. it s interesting here. it s not much of a rallying cry but proponents of prop 8 of
fundamental structural problems the state budget deficits, federal budget deficit, trade problems with china and independence on imported oil the congress and the president, both parties, have been unwilling to focus. we re not going to get there from here. the economy is cruising along like an airplane flying at 1,000 feet. it can fly at that level. if anything goes wrong, it crashes. that s what an economy at 3% is. it s cruising along but it wouldn t do much to derail it or sink it. california officials want everyone to wants the right to marry to have the right to do so. the state attorney general camilla harris submitted a petition to the 9th circuit court of appeals in an effort to resume marriage equality for same-sex couples while the court weighs the constitution ality of proposition 8.