And bravely, clinging to the hope he could get a second lung transport he desperately needed. He spent the last month in the hospital waiting in vein. Martys funeral was yesterday. His firefighter family showed up in full force. I only knew marty a short time. Whats going to stay with me about him is his bravery in the face of those towers crumbling and also in the face of his declining health. I hope marty can now rest in peace. This is cnn sunday morning. Day six in the standoff ties though jimmy lee dikes hasnt surrendered his 5yearold hostage, there may be new reason for optimism. The incredible story of heroism and redemption. How a new orleans saint helped save a game and his dads life in one spectacular play. The boy scouts may vote as early as tomorrow to lift a ban on openly gay members. Now governor rick perry has taken a stand. What he said might surprise you. Good morning, everyone. Im randi kaye. Its 8 00 on the east coast. Thanks so much for starting your morning with us. Iraqi insurgents called him the devil. The this morning the former navy s. E. A. L. Who wrote about making more than 150 sniper kills is dead. Cnn has learned chris kyle was shot to death at a gun range near ft. Worth, texas, yesterday along with another man. Kyle is perhaps best known for penning the book, american sniper. It details his four combat tours in iraq. Staerted a foundation to help veterans battling posttraumatic stress disorder. The gunman accused of killing him was a former marine who suffered from ptsd. Our pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr joins me by phone. Barbara, youve been dicking into this. What more do you know . This sad story emerged late last night, randi. The pentagon is trying to assemble what they can at this point about the Service Record of chris kyle and the man taken into custody, 25 years old. He was caught by police in texas after a brief pursuit, has been arraigned on two counts of capital murder. Another man was shot along with chris kyle at this shooting range. The initial reports are that the men had gathered there and they were helping this former marine learn to shoot again. Chris kyle had been very involved in helping veterans with posttraumatic stress. So there is a belief that the marine the suspect may have been involved with posttraumatic stress. I have to tell you, i think all of that still remains under investigation as to exactly what transpired. Throughout the navy s. E. A. L. Community, special operations forces, really, they are remembering a man who in their mind, their world truly was a legend for what he militarily accomplished during those tours in iraq. Of course, another day to remember all of those who have fallen in battle. Certainly 150 sniper kills. Barbara starr, thank you very much for your reporting on that. I spoke with a close friend of chris kyles early this morning, jason on the right in this picture with kyle told me that kyle will be missed. He and a friend took a marine that was suffering from ptsd to a gun range to shoot. As a way of giving back, it was certainly him taking his time to help again, help war heroes. Apparently that he had quite a reputation in the field as one of the most lethal snipers out there. How did he handle that . Chris viewed it as his job and he was protecting his brothers, frankly. He as a man was quite contrary to that. He was an incredibly loving father and charismatic and really caring person. So its quite a contrast from what he did as his job. Hes a man of incredible character. He led by example always, the Little Things he did. His life was incredible. He always stopped to take time to talk to whoever was around him and just incredibly humble. How did he do when he came back from war . Certainly so many soldiers struggle. How did he handle it . You know, when he came back, the transition from serving our country with four tours of heavy combat, difficult for him to not want to be over there. All that stuff is in his book. What im most impressed by was he became one of the biggest advocates for his brothers and sisters in the military immediately. So he turned his time and attention to helping them. Frankly spent the last over the past year being an advocate and not even focusing on his own business. Most recently chris kyle and on the nbc reality show stars earn stripes. He also and on conan obrien show. You are so wellknown by the iraqi insurgents that you were fighting that they put a 20,000 bounty on your head. Is that right . Yes, sir. How did the iraqi insurgents identify who you were . When i would go into a house, and we had the occupied houses, i would take the top of my uniform off and just have my short sleeved shirt on and you could see my tattoo coming down my arm, and they identified that with me and started every time someone would be shot by a sniper in the area, they associated that with me. We expect to learn much more about the shooting that killed kyle when police hold a briefing at 3 00 p. M. Eastern time today. President obama heads to minneapolis tomorrow to talk about his plan for gun control. Back in washington, everyone is talking about a certain photo released by the white house. This photo. It is response to calls for proof after the president revealed in an interview that he likes to go skeet shooting at camp david. The Senior Adviser tweeted this, for all the skeeters, potus shoots clay targets on the range at camp david. Make our day, let the photo shop conspiracies begin. Before the picture was released, a chorus of conservatives questioned the white houses claim like congresswoman marcia blackburn. If hes a skeet shooter, why have we not heard of this, seen photos, why has he not referenced it at any point in time. As we had this debate thats ongoing, you would have thought it would have been a point of reference. The nra is responding saying, quote, one picture does not erase a lifetime supporting every gun ban and guncontrol scheme imaginable. It is super bowl sunday. Well hear from the president. Today news anchor scott pelley gets the call. He talk to the president during cbss super game show. Hes done this every year hes been in office but dont expect a prediction on who will win the game. The president is the pregame while the ravens and 49ers are the game. The teams held special walk thrust inside the superdome yesterday. There wasnt a whole lot of work being done. Both teams, family and friends, kids and adults all on the field taking part in history. Well take you live to new orleans for much more on the game at the bottom of the hour this morning. To washington and john kerry and his road to the state department. Kerry was confirmed as new secretary of state by 934 vote last week. Many people assumed kerry was the second choice for the job after ambassador susan rice. Kerry said this, quote, he called me actually a week before susan rice got out of the thing. He calendar me and said youre my choice. I want you to do this. He asked me to keep it quiet. I did. I sat on it. Remember, a few weeks before susan rice pulled out several senators said they would block her confirmation because of her comments on the benghazi tragedy. A key republican said hell back chuck haggle. Nebraska senator johanns is the second to commit. His decision followed a private meeting hagel would defend israel. Hagel himself a republican and former nib senator was criticized for his testimony. Hes expected to make more calls on capitol hill. Top Catholic Leader in los angeles has relieved retired Cardinal Roger mahoney of public and administrative duties. Archbishop gomez says hes punishing his predecessor for miss handling sex abuse claims, although some call it an empty gesture. 1,000 released documents indicate 192 clergy in cases going by 80 years. Mahoney snapped back at gomez who took over the archdiocese in 2010. The cardinal post add blog that reads in part, not once over these past years did you ever raise any questions about our policies, practices or procedures in dealing with the problem of clergy Sexual Misconduct involving minors. I have stated time and time again that i made mistakes, personal in the mid 1980s. I apologized for those mistakes and committed myself to make certain that the archdiocese was safe for everyone. It is day six of the hostage standoff in alabama. 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We also note the parents of ethan are getting updates every hour on the hour from authorities. As it does every day when the sun comes up now day six of this standoff, the activity is picking up here. Were not showing the tactics live, or whatever is happening behind us on this property, because thats been requested by authorities. But again, things are picking up as they do every morning, randi. How is the Community Holding up . How are they reacting . Its all anyone is talking about when you go into the nearby towns of dothan, ozark, you hear people talking about this. Of course, nothing like this happens here. All this attention. Theres a twitter account where they are soliciting less of the information about the investigation but more about the prayers and well wishes for the family and for this 5yearold. Ill actually let a woman who lives in this city answer this quechlt her name is michelle riley. She has three children in dell county schools and she spoke with my colleague george howell. Listen. We can fight and push through and pray that our prayers are answered that ethan will come home to be with this large family. That large family shes speaking about is all the people who show up at the vigils every night. There were 50 last night, 100 the night before. In a town of about 600 people, that is a lot. So they are all praying that he will be coming home. You probably saw on the top ona ribbon, black, red, and blue. The red and blue are for the School Colors in the county, the black for the bus driver killed on tuesday. His funeral will be this afternoon. Were hoping for more information when we have a scheduled News Conference at 10 00 eastern today, randi. Thank you very much. Well soon know if the boy scouts will lift a ban on its gay members. Now rick perry is getting into the debate. Youll hear from him. 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Not at all. In fact, i think the example i give is just the opposite. Whats at issue here is we have an organization thats long stood in defense of traditional american moral values. Its attracted parents and supporters from churches precisely because its in defense of those values. The Supreme Court has held that the boy scouts have a First Amendment constitutional right to pursue their values and to exclude leaders whose presence would be inconsistent with those values. That includes, by the way, not just gays but atheists. We can respect and do respect our fellow citizens that are gays and atheists, we love our fellow relatives and friends that are gays and atheists but we are not obligated to regard them as suitable as scout leaders. Let me ask zach to weigh in on this. I think its traditional ed is going for the traditional moral framework, hes trying to define this as a liberal fundamental tradition thats become popular in america in the last 40 years. The reality is there are christians of all nominations that are applauding the policy change including United Church of christ, one of the top church sponsor who issued a statement on friday that said, quote, the ban is inconsistent with respect and dignity that serves the scouting program and we couldnting a more. Even though ed might talk about respect, respect for him is a oneway street. Nobody is calling for exclusion of baptist, mormons or catholics or frankly anyone that holds eds point of view. Scouts should be an in Inclusive Program because we believe in the values that constitute the program. The problem with the boy scouts, if they abandon this, different troops, different policies, completely unwork ab, will invite legal attacks on troops that maintain traditional qualities and zach and his cohorts wasnt call it a peace troops. They will realize the boy scouts can be intimidated and continue to intimidate them. This is an unstable stopping point, just a path to further vend. Speaking as an eagle scout, somebody who spent 12 years in the organization, i simply have to disagree. Were appealing to the traditional values of the boy scouts since 190 3. I feel moving forward this will foster inclusiveness, the bow scouts through the entire population of young men, not just those that happen to be straight. Further to your point of something thats an unworkable legal solution, the national key to the bow scouts this week, president of the board said, currently with the current ban in place, we do not want to find ourselves in a position where a judge is telling us we need to expand our policy even further than were going here. Even though you might be looking at this one specific way, the bsa isnt take that position at all. Ed, let me ask you. I know you mentioned this change in policy, deprived the troops of protection. Protection from what . What do they need protection from . They need protection from legal challenges to their decision to exclude gay leaders. The national Supreme CourtOrganization Won that victory 12 years ago. They are throwing it away in a way that would expos local troops and volunteer leaders to lawsuits by activists. Would you want your son to be in the scouts if he was gay . You know, i think a question like that directed at my son is a rude question, but let me answer it this way. I would not have put my son in a troop with an openly gay leader or openly atheist leader. Lots and lots of other parents, the most vibrant part of the boy scouts believe the same. Zach can cytoone liberal denomination satisfied with this proposal. To be clear, its not just ucc that has weighed in. Currently mormon and catholic, hardly denominations known for liberal status, only the baptist. They are not going to approve this. Dont you dare suggest they are going to