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The gladiator fire is forcing hundreds from their homes already burning more than 1500 acres. firefighters say it was started by a house fire that ignited a propane tank. there is another fire south of paysont was 5% contained after five square miles there near a local national forest. firefighters dont know what caused it. meantime winds are expected to clear all the smoke today from the phoenix area. still an important story well continue to watch. jon? jon: there is new fallout on this tuesda...

90 miles or so north of here. those same documented revealed that adam mayes shot and killed joanne and adrienne in the garage of their tennessee home and brought their bodies here to mississippi to bury them. jenna: just a sad, awful story. glad those two little girls are okay. >> reporter: happy ending though. jenna: yeah, for now. a lot more to this story. casey, thank you. jon: well, same-sex marriage and related social issues getting a lot of attention this week in the news media. you might...

We had the contraception debate. then we had the stay-at-home mom debate. >> the war on moms. war on women. >> now the gay marriage. another hot button. the gay marriage debate. its getting interesting. >> it is. its an election year. >> the president couldnt afford to be ambiguous any longer. he gave this -- a hastily arranged interview, but he gave it and now theres no more interpreting what he means. its out there. so, see how it plays. >> thats right. also coming up, the health of your kid...

I.d. law in texas. it knows it wont win. but its bringing it to a court to highlight what was initially called voter oppression. i think is a phony but a way to gin up support in minorities that it says are eoppressed or denied the ability to vote. it knows it will lose the case. indiana, similar case, voter i.d. case was upheld 6-3, the supreme court. another case which is plus for show and it will have an effect judge itself in election. >> i cant judge merits of it either but anything that ha...

So a lot of eyes on that vote. okay. biden came out, did his thing. now education secretary arne duncan. so this seems a little calculated now. >> it seems orchestrated. i cant imagine all of them are breaking ranks, right, and going against the presidents evolving interpretation of this issue. >> it seems like a trial balloon. weve seen a few culture wars. the contraception debate. the stay-at-home mom debate with ann romney and now it seems like democrats are playing the same game with the alw...

To college. romney says its a marvelous budget. they used to believe, the old republican party of the 1950s, early 1960s used to believe in equal opportunity which meant education. now they dont believe in education. >> i think i hit your hot button. thanks for beingç with us. >> thanks. theres a lot more coming p up. stay with us. >> scott walker is turning to the garden state governor to help plant lies. theres a vicious rumor floating around that i think it could really hurt mitt romney...

Odonnell joins me. he said this is imaginary. people on the other side of the aisle have a different opinion. you have some women who disagree. when we look at conversations weve seen on contraception, so on and so forth. give me insight from the passion and remarks from senator mccain. he supports the violence against women act. >> reporter: many republicans whom weve been watching on the floor have been talking about the general agreements. some say 80% of what is in the renewal law is not up ...

Romneys stance or there is no way to pay for it? what was the problem for you? >>guest: well, it doesnt matter, with the presidential candidate stands for i have to make sure what i am doing is right for my state and the set wents and the country and $1 trillion student loop debt about to pop and we exacerbate the situation by continuing the program, and you look at how the program came about, democrats gradually reduced the interest rates and put it basically a political issue, hot button polit...

Mistress? >> thank you, thomas. president obama will carefully avoid a hot button gay rights issue in north carolina later today. two week from now the state will hold a public referendum on amendment 1, one of the toughest anti-gay measures in the country. it would amend the state constitution to ban civil unions and domestic partnerships. joining me is senior political editor mark murray. good morning. >> good morning. >> the campaign has come out against amendment 1. why side step it today? >...

And its based on the question that recent price increases in gasoline caused any financial hardship for you or others in your household. if yes, has the hardship been seriously, and 38% answered yes, the hardship has been serious. and that question is answered at a time when in ohio and other states there are a lot of voters out there, huge numbers of voters out there, neither one of these candidates, the president of the united states and mitt romney, are not hitting their hot button right now....