outfront tonight, a bombshell from the president. he has made it clear, finally, that he supports gay marriage. now, the announcement comes after days of mounting pressure to explain his, quote unquote, evolving position, his words, on the controversial issue. here s how he put it to abc news robin roberts. i have just concluded that for 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 human rights campaign immediately released a statement saying obama s presidency has shown that our nation can move beyond its shameful history of discrimination and injustice. and celebrities and politicians took to twitter to celebrate. ellen degeneres tweeting thank you, president barack obama, for your beautiful and brave words. i m overwhelmed. michael bloomberg wrote president barack obama s announce maenlt is a major turning point in the history of measure civil vierights. there were even tweets from former
should be able to get married. truly historic and potentially watershed moment as president obama comes out, formally, publicly, enthusiastically in support of gay marriage and with the election less than six months away the political implications are enormous. we ll look at all of the potential fallout. reactions from both sides of this issue pouring in right now into the situation room. we will hear what influential groups and individuals are saying about the president s new position on gay marriage. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we re following the breaking news this hour. president obama announcing his support for same-sex marriage, a move with potentially huge political and social implications. listen to what he told abc news in a white house interview just a little while ago. over the course of several years, as i talk to friends and family and neighbors, when i think about members of my own staff who are i
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
some say future spy separatioop could be in jeopardy. russia s newest civilian passenger jet, one of the planes took off from an airport in indonesia on a demonstration flight. it was supposed to return after 30 minutes. it did not and now there has been no contact with the pilot. at least 37 people were on board. there s no word on what has happened. same-sex couples in north carolina are facing uncertainty today after voters approved a constitutional ban on gay marriages. let no one define your marriage for you. opponents say the ban amounts to discrimination. the amendment defines marriage as between a man and a woman. the head of the group that supported the amendment says, quote, we are not anti-gay. we are pro-marriage. 61% voted for the amendment, 39% voted against it. and a bomb went off in syria today near a convoy carrying united nations observers. none of the u.n. team was hurt but several syrian security people went to the hospital. senator dick lugar
infiltrated al-qaeda in yemen. he volunteered for a suicide mission to blow up a u.s. bound airliner, but then gave the bomb and details to the saudis and other agencies. the man also had info that took out a top al-qaeda operative. so now, i call on nic. what are your sources telling you about the mole, the fallout and the fact the bad guys realized they were duped? an arab source told us the saudis are also upset this information has leaked because they have more many acts as part of a network inside al-qaeda and they re concerned this will have a direct impact because this is all playing out in realtime. it s not events that happened months ago. we also have new details from a counterterrorism analyst who s been briefed directly by saudi counterterrorism officials and he tells us this operation was in planning for months and months and months and the way that it came down was this. that through their intelligence assets, the saudis got indications that a yemeni plot was