older sister, 14-year-old adrienne. mayes was a family friend of the bain s and a relative says he believed he was the girl s biological father. cnn s george haul is live in atlanta with more details for us. okay we re going to mind your business instead this morning. u.s. stock futures are down right now, indicating markets here are expected to open lower this morning. lots of uncertainty in the markets this week over instability in greece and overall concerns about growth of the economy. one stock taking a beating overnight, morgan chase, did you hear about that? it s down about 6% in pre-market trading right now and last night, the bank s ceo announced a $2 billion loss in april over some badly hedged bets. in an apology to the boss from the vice president, senior administration officials say joe biden has apologized to president obama for painting him into a corner on the same-sex marriage issue. cnn s jessica yellin broke that story for us. biden came out in support of
going on camera with new details. what the lawyer is saying about what really happened that night at the beverly hill hotel. plus this this is barn number eight where the body was found and the barn backs up to the racetrack itself. this is the backstretch. you can see the twin spires in the background there. this is where the horses ran on the backstretch of the kentucky derby. behind the track. cnn gets unprecedented access at churchill downs. the murder and the mystery. is the killer living among those who work here? newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. i m carol costello. we begin this morning with the repercussions happening already after president obama s endorsement of same-sex marriage. most of the outrage coming from his largest group of supporters, african-americans, who some believe may bail on him. take north carolina for example. mr. obama captured 95% of the vote from black supporters in 2008. the same-sex marriage issue is not popular amo
listen, give me a sense of your reaction this morning after hearing president obama s announcement. well, i m still elated and filled with emotion, what president obama did yesterday was so courageous because, as you know, other past presidents and vice presidents have come out in favor of marriage equality for gay people, but president obama did it while he s still in office and while there s still some might consider a risk to his future presidency, re-election but it was incredibly fantastic for 14 and 15-year-old kids to hear the president of the united states say to them that they are entitled to be with the person that they love. that there is not going to be a hole in their life, that he supports them regardless of what their parents might say, regardless of what their church might say. he supports who they are as a full human being. well, he also said, mitchell, he believes that the issue should be decided state by state which really isn t going as far as potent
shall be valid or recognized in this state. cnn political editor paul steinhauser is live in washington, d.c., this morning. boy, has this been playing out. we first heard the vice president joe biden. he says that he endorsed marriage equality and he is a roman catholic. how is this going to play out politically in washington? it puts president obama, in a way, in a bind because vice president biden and other top members of the administration has come out in favor of same-sex marriages. he does not. he supports domestic unions. but he does not support an amendment like the one in north carolina, which would prohibit rights for same-sex couples. what happens in north carolina now? this could have wide ranging impacts, and not just on same-sex couples but on male and female couples as well because it will prevent domestic partnerships in the future and any attempt at civil unions. north carolina also a battle ground state, a state that president obama won four years ago, he
north carolina shutting out same-sex marriage with a constitutional amendment. people behind the movement this morning saying they re not anti-gay, they re pro-marriage. mississippi searching for adam mayes wanted for killing of a tennessee woman and her teenage daughter. the police expand their search for the two young girls. pomp and perception. queen elizabeth ii arriving in a golden carriage wearing a crown with 3,000 diamonds. going before parliament to talk about saving money. newsroom starts right now. this morning we begin with new details and backlash over the al qaeda plot to bomb a u.s. bound plane. we know it was an undercover operative working for saudi arabia and the united states. according to the new york times, the operative handed over the bomb to the fbi and now that bomb is undergoing extensive study. the newspapers reports it was sewn into custom fit underwear but unlike the bomb that malfunctioned on the 2009 flight into detroit, this one had f