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Helping of scrambled politics. after being criticized for keeping reviews to herself, republican senator susan collins of maine announced her support for same-sex marriage on wednesday. collins is only the fourth gop senator to publicly support the issue. president obama says only in congress do some people believe climate change is a hoax, fad, or liberal plot. the president was speaking to the league of conservation voters in washington, d.c. when he made the comments. >> many who say that -- actually, know better than and they are just embarrassed, they duck the question. hey, i'm not a s...

Out loud i'll be run out of town by a bunch of fringe elements that think climate science is a liberal plot so i'm going to just pretend like i don't know. i can't read. i'm not a doctor either, but if a bunch of doctors tell me that tobacco can cause lung cancer, then i'll say okay. >> a tad scornful there of his critics. >> when he takes that mocking tone, as he sometimes does with republicans, it drives the gop absolutely crazy, but on this issue, he feels like not only does he have public opinion on his side but he feels like he has an executive action plan that can make a depth in climate...

And now by the way, they are on the air -- with a commercial in mississippi. >> was he -- >> i think so he was in real trouble prosecute this and i think reflected by the fact they have been so aggressive and sort of pushing this out there and trying to blow this thing up, because the story speaks for itself. it's bad enough as is. not only struck about how they are push ing it out there and promote it but the facts are what they are. >> even if you don't have this charges or anything like that, wouldn't you think you would be sympathetic toward someone -- everyone knows that his wife is ailin...

In any way seem cavalier about t. one's a birther and one's a tea party. >> sure. that's at this time danger in dismissing critics, whatever their background is going to be. but i think in this case, you look at the scbriewp what they put on their web site, they are associating with fringe elements, not just the party, but the nation. the birthers seem to have quite a voice in the rarvegs. we don't know who they speak for. they have retired military and navy seals and you also hear from military members and current and former seal who is feel this is know the appropriate use of a title, to use...

Copies of his original long form birth certificate to show once and for all that he was in fact born in the united states. even he admits some fringe elements out there will never be satisfied no matter what he does. cnn's brian todd is getting reaction from some of those doubters including the so-called birther movement activists. >> some say it's a good first step but many question the timing and some say it's flat out not enough. it's been a tortured road of conjecture and implied conspiracy over the president's birth and even with the release of his long form birth certificate, that road w...