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mississippi may be connected to the disappearance of a mother and her three daughters. now, details on the suspect who is believed to be armed and dangerous. and this -- >> my fear with amendment one is that my daughter would lose her health insurance. >> we've told you about north carolina's amendment one, which if it passes on tuesday, will bandeau mess tick partnership of any kind. now find out which political superstar is coming out against it. and later, did you see it? was it huge? everything you'd hoped for? what folks are saying about last night's super moon. good morni...

Welcome back. we are continuing our conversation on amendment one in north carolina and the wedge between the black and the gay communities and joining me are aisha moody mills, and jennifer kresler of the american quality council and reverend ray barber from the american could sill of the naacp, and you guys were giving it to me good in the break. don't leave it all here in the ad space, because there are deep interconnections between the idea of a wedge which is historically silly. i want to remind americans and remind our viewers that the architect of the march on washington is not martin l...

That document what that strategy is. in north carolina, it's not working. one of the things that we're seeing that's really extraordinary is reverend barber has been incredibly vocal in his on suggest to amendment one has been touring the state to get that message out there. and he's joined by african american clergy from across faith's traditions. and i think we're seeing the discourse start to change. now, at the same time, i think efforts are being made for this to be a racially devicive issue. but i think there are some promising things happening that's actually the human reality of this. ...

In the short time that we have left in the hour, we will continue our conversation on amendment one in north carolina the so-called wedge between black and gay communities. the wedge this week was between the romney campaign and richard grennel his adviser as an openly gay man was pushed out. how much are these issues going to play for president obama building a strong multiracial diverse coalition in 2012, and how much will all of this matter? >> look, this conversation is one that is ongoing. and it is unfortunate that we are not having the right conversation right now which is what are the ...

And it's a volatile, political moment. and a lot of leaders in the republican party have come out against amendment one which has been unexpected but i think speaks precisely to the polling you're alluding to. right now, polls show that we're 14 points down. the polls have been tightening in recent weeks. and the polls also show, as you said, that folks also said this would ban civil unions and partnerships. and there's a clear majority of folk who is actually oppose it. so obviously, we want folks to understand everything that's at stake. and i'm going to put in a plug for early voting. today...