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Have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch? [ kids cheering ] you're missing a good game over here. those kids wouldn't have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] add a wireless receiver. call to get u-verse tv for just $19 a month with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. so it turns out all you have to do to break legislative gridlock is get outside of the beltway. 32 miles outside, in fact. 32 miles from the united states capitol, the maryland statehouse in a three-month legislative session. only three months. sent the following bills to governor martin o'malley, most of whic...

To politics now, where governor martin o'malley will sign a bill to end the death penalty in maryland. maryland becomes the 18th state to stop using the death penalty. five men are now on death row there. the last execution took place in 2005. today rhode island is expected to get a step closer to legalizing same-sex marriage. the house is expected to approve the bill. it's already passed the senate, where the vote was much more contentious. nine states and washington, d.c. now allow same-sex couples to get married. general david petraeus has a new job, joining the usc faculty in the fall....

Welcome back. here's some other stories making news this morning. a new report says republican leaders in as many as 26 states are failing to make obama care deadlines to connect uninsured residents to coverage. if states don't act, washington will step in and create new insurance markets before october's signup date. colorado governor signed a bill legalizing same-sex civil unions. the measure takes effect may 1st and makes colorado the 18th state to allow some form of unions for same sex couples. north carolina is moving forward with a plan to provide driver's licenses to illegal immigra...

Know, because they'll let us know when they go after whoever they decide to prosecute, right now it looks like potentially the husband of the, you know, the person he was walking around with, the drug dealer, all right, so at that point, they'll allow us to know exactly who was involved, how many people were involved, and they'll bring those people to justice. >> careful who you get involved with. >> oh, yes, indeed. >> joey jackson, appreciate it. >> pleasure, don. >> thank you. >> we have this just in to cnn. the death penalty. one step closer to being banned in maryland, the state's general...

Passengers are being flown back home today after a backup generator left them from leaving st. martin, and this is on the heels of the triumph that left passengers without working toilets or electricity. and kevin orr represented chrysler in the restructure and he is sthag he wants to solve detroit's $700 million budget problem with working with unions and creditors instead of a bankruptcy court. and maryland is about to be the 18th state to abolish the death penalty. they are expected to vote for this bill, and the change has been on the books since 2008 when the governor came to office. ...