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Bedfellow than me and olson. >> he was at lunch that day and volunteered to make that first call to olson to check him out. >> much to my surprise it was an issue that he clearly thought a lot about, and the moment i hung up the phone i realized that there was a chance that i was talking to someone that overnight could become the most important significant advocate for marriage equality that this movement has ever seen. >> were you kind of shocked to get that phone call? >> no, i wouldnt say i w...

Solicitor general for george bush who had argued bush v gore and basically put me in bed for a couple of days i was so depressed after bush v gore was interested in gay rights, i thought, lets check it out. >> but didnt you have any doubts about ted olsen? >> you know, they say that politics makes strange bedfellows. well, you dont have a stranger bedfellow than me and ted olsen. >> i was skeptical, absolutely. >> gay rights activist chad griffin was at lunch with reiner that day and volunteered...

Veronica, my first call snowfall graphics ill bring that later. >> bill, we could never hate you. >> i didnt say hate, i said didnt like. coming up -- a nurse refusing to perform cpr on a patient. gunmakers posting big profits. plus, whats ahead for businesses on this first monday of march. were back in 3. sorry. sore knee. blast of cold feels nice.

Morning from a teacher there in there on the ground, he said, john, we read about this story and there is good people here. you know, were not all cartel members. were not all bad people. i said i know. i understand. she said, it doesnt help you but, you know, were praying that you get your son home. bill: that is the father speaking there. steve harrigan now live in our bureau in miami. steve, what is the family saying about their son and the prison he is in now? >> reporter: bill, it has reall...

China one administrator quit over that schools aggressive recruiting policy. many campuses say they are trying to strike a balance as they work to accommodate some young people coming primarily from one country. >> if you go into a business class and 80% of the students there are chinese, thats not what the chinese wanted and thats not what the 20% of americans were expecting, either. >> even so, many u.s. colleges are stepping up their recruiting efforts. some are even having their professors l...

Im not doing it. >> that mom went on to credit the marine corps with making him strong but hammers parents say they need their son home now and they are appealing for any help they can get. steve harrigan is live in our southeast newsroom. steve, hammers father says people have threatened his sons life. both parents say they have been getting calls at all hours of the night from that prison. the first call demanded $1,800 to be sent by western union or else their son would be killed. his mother ...

ruled it constitutional, including the individual mandate, that roirs every american to have health insurance. i want to go now to our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin. and im hearing, jessica, that youre just now learning sort of the match natichinations, what n as president obama learned the ruling himself. >> reporter: thats right, brooke. ive told by senior administration officials that the president was standing in the admiral oval office, its called, the sort of ar...

Passengers over their pilot that hadp an apparent psychotic incident. the copilot locked pilot out of the cockpit, passengers helped subdue him in the cabin. some people living near the massive wildfires in colorado say they never got the reverse 911 call urging them to evacuate their homes. the jefferson county sheriff blames it on a software glitch in the notification system but the operators of that system say that is not true. foxs alicia acuna is live near aspen park, colorado. what do we...

>> no, do not, do not. >> but the driver sees no way out. he steps back, takes the gun out of his pocket and puts it to his head. >> i got a guy with a gun. stop, dont. damn it, dont. i said think of your family, you dont want to do this. drop the gun. dont. come on, dont. shots fired. hes down. send me an ambulance. damn it. >> the driver dies instantly. within three minutes of riveras first call, emergency responders arrive on the scene. >> thats when it all started to hit me, trying to proces...

He steps back, takes the gun out of his pocket and puts it to his head. >> i got a guy with a gun. stop, dont. damn it, dont. think of your family, you dont want to do this. drop the gun. dont. come on, dont. shots fired. hes down. send me an ambulance. damn it. >> the driver dies instantly. within three minutes of riveras first call, emergency responders arrive on the scene. >> thats when it all started to hit me, trying to process everything, trying to figure out, why did this happen? so -- >>...