25th Vote News Today

care of a funeral home in jersey. were following developments on both fronts. cnns don lemon on the west coast, deborah feyerick back east in newark. hello to you both. deb, lets start with you. what can you tell us about the arrangements? >> reporter: well, michael, whitney houstons mom, cissy houston, a gospel legend, is making all the funeral arrangements. and they decided to make it an intimate, invitation-only event, at the hope baptist church, the church where whitney houston gre...

>> ive made it clear to the ledge i islators in my state that its time for them to step up and take the vote. im optimistic at that point that we believe we have at least the 25th vote if not more in our senate and that we have enough votes in our house, but i dont want them to say instead of taking the tough vote, send it to the voters. they were elected to make these decisions. its time for us to do so. the opponents want to put it on the ballot in the fall. they are free to do so and i believ...

And take more steps forward, we need to show we have his back now when the heat is on. then they ask you to sign a petition and puts you on their radar to raise money and to get out for the vote. with rick santorum or without, the anti-abortion movement has so taken over the republican party now that they have turned the republican partys nominating contest in an anti-abortion primary. they might think that is good politics for them but leaves democrats wide open to lock up every pro choice vote...

The anti-abortion movement has so taken over the republican party now that they have turned the republican partys presidential nominating contest essentially into an anti-abortion primary. they might think that is good politics for them but leaves democrats wide open to lock up every pro choice vote in the country and then some. it seems like now they are finally trying to. joining us is alan grayson, represented floridas 8th district from 2009 to 2011. congressman grayson, its nice to see you...

Right. if anybody knows anything about rick santorum the man on dog thing and also the abortion issue. that is what your hole reputation boils down to, senator, central challenge of your candidacy is broaden your appeal beyond those issues to convince people you can speak to some other issues we sides just being anti-gay and anti-abortion. if this is just a contest about who is the most anti-abortion, then congratulations, rick santorum youre running away it. you may have gotten destroyed in new...

Things do get better. marylands candidate martin omalley said he would legalize same sex marriage in maryland, and the mayor pledged her support for gay marriage. a state senator named marilyn hogan announced she would support the bill. she said, i know this announcement makes me the so-called 25th vote, a vote of passage. she said she needed time to recognize my beliefs as an american, as a legislator, as a wife and mother who cant deny to others the joys and benefits i enjoy. this is the right...

Bill today to legalize same-sex marriage in maryland. this follows on the heels of christine gregoire announcing her support for same-sex marriage rights and her introduction of state marriage equality legislation. today in olympia, washington, at a legislative hearing on this issue, a democratic state senator named mary hougen announced that she would support the bill. she said, i know this announcement makes me the so-called 25th vote, the vote that ensures passage. in a statement she said she...

The republican partys nominating contest in an anti-abortion primary. they might think that is good politics for them but leaves democrats wide open to lock up every pro choice vote in the country and then some. it seems like now they are finally trying to. joining us is alan grayson, represented floridas 8th district, nice to see you again, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> how central is rolling back abortion rights to what florida republicans are all about right now? >> i think its...

Semi-rationale people. i see small business supporting newt gingrich. -- mitt romney. i see fundamentalist christians whose vote is now split between gingrich and santorum. almost all of them in florida protestant and libertarians voting for ron paul. i do think that gingrich and santorum are fighting over the same vote and that vote will consolidate for one or the other. >> back to the abortion issue, anniversary of roe versus wade, always a big march around the time, a lot of promises and crow...

Important thing motivating their vote. the only other group was voters who said the most important quality was a strong moral character. ron paul came in second on that one, and you can see mr. gingrich and mr. romney way down the field on that one. so because he is already locking up the anti-abortion vote, but that is not enough to help him do well overall, it is a like strange that rick santorum chose to do a big high profile wall street journal op-ed, doubling down on what is his single issu...