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The commissioner of customs and border patrol says agents will stop referring families for prosecution. families will be released with a court date. that means the zero tolerance policy is over and you are back to the catch and release program. the president attacked that program. it is primary day in five states. colorado, maryland and new york, oklahoma and utah vote. among the notable races, mitt romney is likely to win the seat along with mike kennedy. and in new york, michael grimm is fig...

Deportation cases with long standing ties to the u.s. and no criminal background. it was used to reduce immigration court backlogs. we will discuss both of these dorsey with dhs secretary kirstjen nielsen at 7:30 eastern. you dont want to miss that ed, over to you. ed: told national police week with the heart warming story of 8-year-old girl from louisiana who is making a big difference by going from state to state with a very simple mission. hug a police officer this week thee visited the great...

. it was a good week for marriage equality. on monday a federal court struck down the same-sex marriage ban in oregon, 24 hours later a conservative judge lifted a similar ban in pennsylvania, bringing the number of states where gay couples can marry to 19. yesterday, the state of south dakota, became the 30th state in the country with a pending legal challenge to its same-sex marriage ban when six couples in that state filed a federal lawsuit. this now means that theres only one state in the ...

This is hardly a shock, but robin roberts has told the world shes gay. the anchor who has been battling cancer made 2 disclosure in a facebook post saying im grateful for my entire family, my great girlfriend amber and friends. president obama chose roberts for the 2012 interview in which he announced his party for same-sex marriage. >> mr. president, are you still opposed to same-sex marriage? >> ive been going through an evolution on this issue. >> its not being worked out on a state level. we...

This is hardly a shock, but robin roberts has told the world shes gay. the anchor who has been battling cancer made 2 disclosure in a facebook post saying im grateful for my entire family, my great girlfriend amber and friends. president obama chose roberts for the 2012 interview in which he announced his party for same-sex marriage. >> mr. president, are you still opposed to same-sex marriage? >> ive been going through an evolution on this issue. >> its not being worked out on a state level. we...

Me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> the same week president obama affirmed his support for marriage equality, north carolina, a battleground state, the president was fighting to win in november, became the 30th state in the nation to pass a ban on same-sex marriage. in late 2009, only 41% supported same-sex marriage before president obamas endorsement 49% supported it. by december 2012, after president obama...

The president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marry men, women marrying women, and heterosexual, men and women marrying one another, are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties. and quite frankly, i dont see much of a distinction beyond that. >> the timing of the presidents announcement comes on the heels of an overwhelming defeat for marriage equality in the state of north carolina. last night the state added a same-se...

His story is the very definition of without a trace. obviously, all of his family is hoping for a safe return but a very bizarre story here. where could he have gone? just kind of disappeared. has not been seen at all since. talk about an inspiration. a woman paralyzed in an accident is now a marathon finisher. now her time which was measured in weeks not hours just simply doesnt matter. she made it across the finish line with plenty of fans there to cheer her on. >> look at that. if that does...

Long. he sat on his patted for too long but murdoch has majority of republicans agree and like. >> greta: go to gretawire.com and tell us what you think. we know who will run against scott walker. mayor tom barrett, he beat three our other candidates. mayor barrett will challenge governor walker in the recall election. governor walker and several other republicans are facing recall. they came under fire because of collective bargaining rights. it will be a rematch. two years ago mayor barrett lo...

Elimination. >> no. we called that. >> but double -- we did kind of call it. we know what were talking about. first this morning, a major setback for advocates of same-sex marriage. north carolina has become the 30th state to approve an amendment defining marriage as a union between only a man and a woman. >> yes, the campaign spokesman for president obama is calling the new amendment divisive. abcs karen travers is in washington with more. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, rob. ...