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Sophistication and the complication and the white house is addressing one of the issues that arises across the country. >> and also president obama calling for an end to conversion therapies for transgender teens. without a federal policy in place to regulate this how much weight does it carry? >> the president is supposed to have a bully pulpit and the white house is saying the president will consult the members of congress to come up with a federal policy leaving it to the states means where y...

Therapy. some states have already done it california new jersey and here in the district of columbia carol. >> why is the white house responding to this petition now? >> its gotten to the point that its gotten so much support. there is a certain timing of it. lately the white house has taken steps to try to increase fairness and end discrimination among lgbt people transgender people who have been having issues in the workplace. this week in fact just yesterday a fed rack an shun an executive ac...

Degree they said it should be banned and people with masters degrees are divided. as you request see right there, that will change to reflect it. age, interestingly everyone 55 plus is more in support on the ban on conversion therapy and those between 18 and 24, those 25 to 34-year-olds have been split. in the last ten minutes or so. 1:37 and in real time, 1:42 is the time exactly and you can see how that is fluctuating as well. lets look at democrats and republicans and independents hereof as f...

Agency action and about the symbolic nature of this statement. >> all right? what the president said yesterday to lgbt kids all across the country going through conversion therapy you are not alone. are you not broken you were born perfect and we as a country wont stop fighting for you until youre safe. >> thank you so much for your time. thanks for being with us this morning. >> thanks so much for having me. >> still to come on run don, back out live to my colleague craig melvin live in charles...

Leader of the most liberal, the most progressive faction. they traditionally have been very skeptical trade deals. might feel freer to do it with the presidential clock ticking down. >> reporter: today, massachusetts freshman congressman seth molten said lawmakers should hold elections to determine committee chairs instead of following a seniority-based process it is a time of transition if not turmoil for democrats. bret? >> mike, thank you. more trouble within the secret service tonight a hi...

Charleston and also possibly the culture there. >> thanks so much. this is our big story for the day. but were going to move on to this other ground breaking story out of the white house. president obama formally backed a call to end conversion therapy, its a type of psychiatric treatment intended to cure the orientation, its called laylas law and its in honor the the teen that took her life. her parents forced her to attend conversion therapy. not everybody is in support of this. heres what con...

Have introduced so-called bans on conversion therapy. this is still very new news. we dont know how this is going to play out, what the president is going to announce or somewhat it will lead to. but this is real news from that petition site which has been treated mostly as a joke. this is real news and a surprise tonight. stay with us. more ahead. i take these out... ...to put in dr. scholls active series insoles. they help reduce wear and tear on my legs, becuase they have triple zone protecti...

Leelah alcorn a transgender teen who committed suicide in december. she said i never got the therapy i needed to cure me of my depression. i got more christians telling me i was selfish and wrong and that i should look to god for help. joining me now is matthew, a spokesperson for nclr and a survivor of gay conversion therapy. thank you for joining me matthew. >> thank you. >> tell me about the gay conversion therapy that you underwent. >> so im 26 years old now. i was 16 years old when i came o...

Tornado season coming up. definitely going to be busy keeping dry and watching the storms. reynolds wolf thanks so much for that report. of course, more on that severe weather threat in our next hour. still ahead, president obama in support of lgbt inspired by a transgender teen who committed suicide after being forced to undergo so-called conversion therapy. now the president supports a ban on it. well explain, next.

Ahead of that summit clashing with castro supporters in frorchtfronts of the embassy in cuba. among the people in the fight detained cuban dissident who is speaker john boehners guest at this year state of the union, also an american who works for a u.s.-based group that supports human rights in cuba. both of them were taking part in a slept cuba democracy ahead of the summit and issuing a statement last night blaming the castro regime for the beating. coming up back to my colleague craig melv...