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mississippi may be connected to the disappearance of a mother and her three daughters. now, details on the suspect who is believed to be armed and dangerous. and this -- >> my fear with amendment one is that my daughter would lose her health insurance. >> weve told you about north carolinas amendment one, which if it passes on tuesday, will bandeau mess tick partnership of any kind. now find out which political superstar is coming out against it. and later, did you see it? was it h...

Welcome back. we are continuing our conversation on amendment one in north carolina and the wedge between the black and the gay communities and joining me are aisha moody mills, and jennifer kresler of the american quality council and reverend ray barber from the american could sill of the naacp, and you guys were giving it to me good in the break. dont leave it all here in the ad space, because there are deep interconnections between the idea of a wedge which is historically silly. i want to re...

That document what that strategy is. in north carolina, its not working. one of the things that were seeing thats really extraordinary is reverend barber has been incredibly vocal in his on suggest to amendment one has been touring the state to get that message out there. and hes joined by african american clergy from across faiths traditions. and i think were seeing the discourse start to change. now, at the same time, i think efforts are being made for this to be a racially devicive issue. but...

In the short time that we have left in the hour, we will continue our conversation on amendment one in north carolina the so-called wedge between black and gay communities. the wedge this week was between the romney campaign and richard grennel his adviser as an openly gay man was pushed out. how much are these issues going to play for president obama building a strong multiracial diverse coalition in 2012, and how much will all of this matter? >> look, this conversation is one that is ongoing. ...

And its a volatile, political moment. and a lot of leaders in the republican party have come out against amendment one which has been unexpected but i think speaks precisely to the polling youre alluding to. right now, polls show that were 14 points down. the polls have been tightening in recent weeks. and the polls also show, as you said, that folks also said this would ban civil unions and partnerships. and theres a clear majority of folk who is actually oppose it. so obviously, we want folks ...

And i think as we see in the polling, theres a loyalty of confusion as to what this actually means. the opposition to amendment one is well over 50%. i wanted to ask you about how faith and race is playing how this is arguing on the ground playing into the black clergy and home ma phobic rhetoric? and can you just talk a bit about that? >> thats a great question. and were seeing some very interesting and exciting things happen, i think, in a positive response to that, which is to say that, you k...

Robert barber from the naacp. >> thank you, melissa. >> reverend barber, it is lovely to speak to you directly and you were first foot soldier on the program in part because of your work against amendment one in north carolina. do two things for me. first, can you tell me about what amendment one is so that the viewers will know, and then i want to ask you why the naacp as a national organization does not take a holistic stance on the issue of same-sex marriage. >> well, first of all, melissa, t...

Amendment one has the potential for disastrous effect. weve got to attract that generation. weve got to vote no on amendment one. >> we know theyve aligned oaths. allied with lgbt equality and in america, that politics can be decisive in the long term. thanks for the gallop survey, we know that retirement is slipping away from americans. we know that the expected retirement has risen from 60 to 67. we know that new york times columnist joan nacera who wrote an article about how wonderful and d...

Be openly gay and not just be fired for it, although, of course, legally you can still be fired for being gay. and then, amendment one in north carolina, which the polling looks like, as it currently stands, is likely to pass. i wonder if anyone feels like weve gotten out ahead. this is a useful reminder of how the prejudices are. >> if a drunken man is about to fall into the gutter, than we can be assured hell do some lurches away from the gutteder. i think thats what this is. but when automobi...

they face the death penalty if convicted. but that could take years. families of 9-11 victims want to see just particular like chris and christina russell whose brother was a firefighter in one of the towers when it collapsed. >> it has to be the death penalty, doesnt have to be an ugly death, you can select what you wish off the menu. they have experts that deal with. >> life in prison drags it out and costs us government money, and it just -- it lingers in the back of your head these...