law. now his wife, hillary clinton, is expressing her support for same-sex marriage. lbgt americans are our colleagues, our teachers, our soldiers, our friends, our loved ones. and they are full and equal citizens and deserve the rights of citizenship. that includes marriage. the clintons are joining prominent politicians on both sides of the aisle, including ohio senator rob portman, a republican who is publicly backing same-sex marriage. but will that political pressure have any impact on the nation s highest court? joining me now is cnn senior legal analyst, jeffrey toobin, and the executive director and founder of go proud, jimmy dealva. thank you both for being with us this morning. good morning. jimmy, there s a new poll in the washington post that shows a surprising 58% of americans
catholics around the world. a new cnn/orc international poll show 88% of american catholic as prove of his selection. by comparison, only 60% approved of pope benedict s election. let s turn to john allen, senior vatican analyst. what was the message the pope had for congregants today? well, carol, the message came in his homily, that is the set of reflections in the bible readings that the priest delivers during mass, which pope francis today said power and, remember, this was in a way about him receiving symbol, the cloth he wears around the shoulder and fisherman s ring, power has to be about service, particularly service to the poorest, weakest and poorest, and you saw that symbolism, when
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subject to cancelation, due to funding uncertainty, including the possibility of a government shutdown. however, we are currently proceeding as planned with the easter egg roll. republicans are doubtful. newt gingrich shared his outrage on twitter. shaleless! how else can you describe the threat to cancel white house easter egg hunt? maybe ma lettic, demagoguic. you try to fin the right words. we ll try to describe it at the bottom hour. voters in south carolina heading to the polls for today s primary to choose the next house representative. one of those candidates just happens to be stephen colbert s sister, her name is elizabeth colbert bush. yes, she pronounces her name differently. in a rare interview, we see the serious side of stephen colbert. he sat down with jake tapper, host of cnn s the lead.
activity. you can see dozens of people lined up outside the church. minutes ago, we saw the hearse pull up. as i mentioned, a lot of people are talking about solutions, looking for ways to curb the problem of gun violence in chicago. but when you talk to the pastor of this church, he says, despite the pain we re all feeling today, in this community, there is hope. take a listen. i do believe that although this was a hideous crime and a horrendous situation that happened in our community, i do believe that the collaboration of people working together, police, politicians, parents, and preachers, and the community all together, it is making things better. reporter: pastor corey brooks says that jonathan watkins, that he is not a gang member, but also says that he s no boy scout. but that goes against what police say. police say he is a known gang member, carol. that he does have a past of misdemeanors and also that he was the intended target of this