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Today. go ahead. >> my name is anna and my son is openly gay. he is grassroots and he speaks for a lot of lgbt community. wed like to know since youre for the lgbt, what are your next steps and what are you going to do for us? >> let me say this, first of all, i think the american people have seen and made such progress on is recognizing the idea of equal rights, equal dignity, equal respect for everybody. that applies to everybody. that is a bedrock principle of america. when i came into office...

start." nice to have you with us. im ashleigh banfield >> and im zoraida sambolin. its 5:00 a.m. here in the east. lets get started. attorney eric holder to be held in contempt in congress. yesterday the members of the government oversight and reform committee voted along party lines to recommend citing him for contempt for failing to turn over subpoenaed documents from the botched fast and furious gun operation, documents that are now off limits to republicans, and everyone else, be...

In these areas of race in general we have too much inequality in terms of womens wages. we have a lot we have to make progress on. >> i want to turn to other affairs in politics, particularly the fight over who do you blame for high gas prices? i raise the question in our open whether this will become even bigger than the jobs debate. here are some of the facts. if you look at gas prices in the course of the obama presidency, they have gone up from 2009. now an average of $3.89. obviously higher...

the pentagon says its because there isnt a proper long-term detention facility in afghanistan. about 200 people are taking part in the peaceful protest against the killings in a neighboring province. u.s. defense secretary leon panetta is on his second day of his visit to afghanistan. around the time he was scheduled to arrive, an afghan national stole a vehicle and drove it on to the runway. the car crashed into a ditch. the driver later died. nato says panetta was never in danger. ...

Progress on, we can press on with this lawsuit. >> greta: there is a clause written into a law so it can happen. a part can be carved out and declared unconstitutional, that is not in this. but one of the most fascinating, congress deliberately didnt put that clause. well see. im taking the last word on that one. coming up, not good news, gas prices are going to go higher as we march toward the summer. but you can feel the pain at the pump. republicans and democrats using gas prices as a weapo...

Compromise plan but we also have to be willing to talk about where and how we could compromise and youre seeing that out of supercommittees. senator baucus put forth a plan that probably wasnt his choice but moved the ball forward, the republicans have put revenues on the table through tax reform. not as much as democrats would like but its a start to have discussions going. so its hard to find the specifics but you are seeing progress on, dont forget, what is a very hard issue. were talking abo...

"free speech tv" and justin elliot, reporter for salon.com. oakland, california, had a lot of violence last night. the mayor of oakland just made a statement. i want to go to this videotape. here it is. >> its a tough time for america. were trying to find the right thing to do. im going to try to be working with the community groups. were going to try to work with the demonstrators. they have very unusual organizations, very flat. theyre generally anti-government. but this is something that we h...

I appreciate you coming on the program tonight. thanks so much. well reconnect with you again. you say this isnt going away. lets turn to laura, host of "free speech tv" and justin elliot, reporter for salon.com. oakland, california, had a lot of violence last night. the mayor of oakland just made a statement. i want to go to this videotape. here it is. >> its a tough time for america. were trying to find the right thing to do. im going to try to be working with the community groups. were going ...

He was severely burned april 9th and died yesterday. crews are making progress on one of the massive fires burning in north texas. the flames already devoured 150,000 acres, and 160 homes. nbcs janet shamlian is in palo pinto, texas now. one fire, theyre making some progress on. is weather helping on that front? >> reporter: weather is doing all the work, actually, today, contessa, because its raining here. so were not seeing any flames whatsoever. its really a big break for firefighters. temper...

Its the stimulus jobs, the money that went to states and municipalities overwhelmingly was spent on saving union jobs. administration has been very friendly to unions as you would expect with an administration that has former union officials at some of the highest levels. jenna: not just that, jason unions gave over $400 million to democrats in the 2008 campaign cycle. steve ticks off some of the things that the unions have gotten since president obama took office. what are they so angry about. ...