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Here are some stories making news this morning. nelson mandela spent the easter holiday in a south african hospital. they say the 94-year-old is responding well to treatment for pneumonia. a state troopers helicopter went down in alaska last night killing three people. for the first time a woman is reportedly a leading contender to take over at the fbi. lisa monaco serves as president obamas counterterrorism adviser. "the washington post" says shes next in line for the job. director robert m...

Accomplished in his first year after going to the mat for obama care. >> that was the crown jewel for him. he got involved in doing healthcare right away as soon as he became president. it was healthcare reform, boom because that was his primary agenda item. gun control is further down his list. you can tell a presidents priorities by what they are willing to do and how far they are willing to go to achieve it. gun control is not at the top of his list. by the way, public support for gun control...

Cool with him staying on the road to hell." dr. ben carson, a neurosurgeon, who has attacked president obamas health care law, is getting some attention as a potential 2016 republican contender for the white house, of course. he had this to say about gay marriage. >> no group, be they gays, be they people who believe in bestiality, it doesnt matter what they are, they dont get to change the definition. so its not something thats against gays. >> well, dr. carson is a good guy, but that is way of...

There, by the way. the conservative blogger erick erickson, real man of the right tweeted today, "youre not loving your neighbor when youre cool with him staying on the road to hell." dr. ben carson, a neurosurgeon, who has attacked president obamas health care law, is getting some attention as a potential 2016 republican contender for the white house, of course. he had this to say about gay marriage. >> no group, be they gays, be they people who believe in bestiality, it doesnt matter what they...

Caused such pain for my family, friends and supporters. >> so is this the first tip of petraeuss road back in remember he was once floated as presidential contender, vice presidential contender. this is what you can happen when you handle a scandal truthfully. ahead of it. you can restore your name. i think for a lot of people, it is not how you deal with success but how you deal with the low moment. i think he dealt with the moment extraordinary well. i think america is growing less and less pu...

Lastly same-sex marriage, huge week for it. ill go to you. it seems to me that on the democratic side that theres going to be a battle in the primary to see who is on the right side of history first, if hillary clinton gets in there, i dont think theres not going to be a primary, but there seems to be a huge shift to this. >> i think as people have said over the last few days, i dont think theres going to be a major democratic contender who has a different position on same-sex marriage than ever...

>> bill: you think is he a bonafide contender in 2016? >> absolutely. >> bill: can anyone stop hillary clinton from becoming the next president of the united states? brit hume has some thoughts. bernie goldberg on nbc icons. getting hammered by the media those reports after these messages.

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We support gay marriage but ralph reed this is a fundamental principle for our party. what do you do? >> soul-searching in the party right now. but to joels point earlier, this is very much a generational divide. if you look at evangelical millennials, 64% of evangelical million ennials. if you look at republican million ennials, at 58% support for same-sex marriage. america is changing. >> the number im always struck by, "washington post" poll, 1849 self-identified republicans. 53%. >> remarkab...