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Me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> the same week president obama affirmed his support for marriage equality, north carolina, a battleground state, the president was fighting to win in november, became the 30th state in the nation to pass a ban on same-sex marriage. in late 2009, only 41% supported same-sex marriage before president obama's endorsement 49% supported it. by december 2012, after president obama won re-election with marriage equality on his party's platform, marriage equality, hit majority su...

The president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marry men, women marrying women, and heterosexual, men and women marrying one another, are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties. and quite frankly, i don't see much of a distinction beyond that. >> the timing of the president's announcement comes on the heels of an overwhelming defeat for marriage equality in the state of north carolina. last night the state added a same-sex marriage ban to its constitution by a vote of 61 to 39%. north carolina is, count it, 30th state...

His story is the very definition of without a trace. obviously, all of his family is hoping for a safe return but a very bizarre story here. where could he have gone? just kind of disappeared. has not been seen at all since. talk about an inspiration. a woman paralyzed in an accident is now a marathon finisher. now her time which was measured in weeks not hours just simply doesn't matter. she made it across the finish line with plenty of fans there to cheer her on. >> look at that. if that doesn't inspire, what will. fantastic. it is wednesday morning. that means a few more celebrities hav...

Long. he sat on his patted for too long but murdoch has majority of republicans agree and like. >> greta: go to gretawire.com and tell us what you think. we know who will run against scott walker. mayor tom barrett, he beat three our other candidates. mayor barrett will challenge governor walker in the recall election. governor walker and several other republicans are facing recall. they came under fire because of collective bargaining rights. it will be a rematch. two years ago mayor barrett lost by 5 percentage points for the governor's job. >> in north carolina, voters approving a constitut...

Elimination. >> no. we called that. >> but double -- we did kind of call it. we know what we're talking about. first this morning, a major setback for advocates of same-sex marriage. north carolina has become the 30th state to approve an amendment defining marriage as a union between only a man and a woman. >> yes, the campaign spokesman for president obama is calling the new amendment divisive. abc's karen travers is in washington with more. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, rob. good morning, sunny. this vote in north carolina comes just as gay marriage comes back to center s...