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Providence. >> talk to me about the overwhelming nature of this vote. this is the kind of sea change we have seen on this issue. >> yes. earlier, in your segment, you were talking about the gun issue and public opinion and how thats shaping this debate politically. thats very true on gay marriage. rhode island is one of the highest roman catholic states in the country if internet the highest. still 56-15 in the house and 26-12 in the senate. overwhelming votes. i think thats because public opini...

Courthouse. were waiting for defense attorneys representing the three men charged today in connection with the boston bombing investigation. we will bring that to you live when they come out and begin answering reporters questions. the ultimate goal of the terror attack is to terrorize. it looks as though the boston bombings have struck a little more fear in the hearts of americans. polls conducted in the wake of the marathon bombings by cnn and "time" magazine show that 4 in 10 americans are wo...

>> i dont like the letters that i get from gay youth talking about killing themselves. i dont like the fact that i cant marry my partner of ten years. we dont live in the world we should live in. we live in the world we do live in and in this place, being gay in sports is still strange to a lot of people, still very new. jason collins, in all of the history of pro sports, hes the first active male athlete to come out of the closet and so we could talk about what should be, but the world we live ...

Extremist groups in their country. in most countries, majorities of muslims are against honor killings which have gotten some publicity, and so its difficult to sort of put one label on an entire faith. >> yeah. by sheer coincidence, i just came back from turkey. i spent about ten days in turkey over the last ten days, i just got back. you go to a country like turkey which is secular despite the fact that 99% of the people there are muslim, and you would never see those kinds of attitudes in tur...

Its way through washington. jenna: do you think thats effective? is the time and place to mention something like that? >> i think its pretty patent. everybody can see hes trying to get some energy for the bill. now, remember, speaker boehners in the audience. i think one of the joys -- and jon picked up on this, you picked up on this, jenna -- this was just an all-american, it just makes you want to smile event. it just makes you feel so great. i know im out of role here as your analyst, but as ...

Investigation in the fbi. all investigations are not kind of created equal. theres an assessment which is the lowest level, moving up to a full investigation, which is the highest and most invasive. the more facts you get the more invasive you are allowed to become. this is all, you know, it has to comport with the constitution, the attorney general guidelines, and the fbis own manual for investigative procedures. so when you open an assessment it gives you a limited amount of time, its 30 days,...

Of the world. so many great hospitals. so many great doctors here. and our poppy harlow is standing by at brigham and womens hospital right now. one of the best in the nation. and she has details on the more than 144 people injured in this horrible event. good morning, poppy. >> good morning, john. good morning, chris. and that number has held steady for, i can tell you, at least the past few hours since the very early morning hours. but its the highest that weve had since this attack. 144 peopl...

Registered voters conducted three weeks ago americans are mostly fired up about what uncle sam does with the money. 43% as you can see on your screen. another 38% cited people not paying their share. that appeared to be the prime beef of labor leader richard trumka from the afl-cio he spoke via conference call with a fox news producer. my mother who has now passed, lived on half of a mine workers pension, social security and some meager savings. she paid a higher rate than people taking home a c...

Cents of every dollar we will pay to the government will go towards health care. a rather astounding figure. the highest in the world, by far. and health care is the biggest driver of americas debt and deficits going forward. so, what to do about it. we have a terrific debate between two great american businessmen who have done deep investigations in to the issue. steven brill the founder of court tv and american lawyer magazine decided to follow the money in medicine. the result was the recent ...

You could take out. martha: well the situation in bailed-out greece is going from bad to worse. stunning new unemployment numbers there. look at this, 27.2% unemployment in greece compared to our 7% unemployment rate. greece is struggling through their sixth year of recession now. the e.u. and the imf bailed them out to the tune of nearly $150 billion back in 2010. unemployment in greece is now the highest in the eurozone area although there are many countries that are comparable. i think spain ...