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Public role in support of marriage equality? >> i asked him that question. his answer was effectively no, not at this time. he said he came to public office, focused on economic issues. he is going to stay focused on that. he also said that perhaps the fact that he did make this public statement, he had this dramatic reversal, will make some of his colleagues that know him well, conservative colleagues think twice, a second look at whether they want to change their stance, too. >> see if one of ...

College education. >> many do the math, figure it is more cost efficient to have one parent stay home. more often than not, it is the mother. even a temporary break can make it that much harder for a woman to get back in the labor force to continue the upward climb. a better balance says employers need to lean in as well. her group wants the federal government to expand family medical leave act to include paid maternity leave and sick leave. >> when women can take the leave and have support, it ...

This is a senator and he invited us to his office to tell us dramatic news. >> announcing change of heart on an issue that a lot of people feel strongly about. has to do with gay couples, opportunity to marry. allow them to have the joyce of marriage like i had. i want all three of my children to have. >> it came from his 21-year-old son two years ago. >> my son came to my wife and i, told us he was gay and it was not a choice, that thats part of who he is. he had been that way since he could re...

The issue. i now believe that people ought to have the right to get married >> reporter: talk a little bit more about the moment that your son came out to you and your wife. >> well, my son is very close to me and my wife, and he had worked on the campaign and so we got even closer during the campaign. he came to me as a college freshman and said, you know, after the campaign was over, after i was already elected to the senate, that, you know, he wanted to tell us that there is something about h...