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>> oh, my goodness. okay. so it's going on five hours at this point. do you have any sense of how this happened? was this road conditionses? was this simply just a case of ice, slick roads? >> reporter: what i'm reading on twitter is that it was sun glare and ice. but i can obviously see that the center line of the turnpike has not been treated very well. it's a complete sheet of ice, and it could have been the reason that a lot of these people were smacking into -- you know, the cars were smacking into each other and there was a lot of accidents. >> so describe to us what happened as you came...

Win elections know that same-sex marriage is popular. in 1996, only a quarter of the country supported same-sex marriage. now poll after poll after poll shows majorities support same-sex marriage. this is a fight that democrats are happy to have and republicans aren't. >> yep. that's the truth. peter hamby, thanks so much. the president, the kings and the prime minister, president obama gets set to meet a list of world leaders. does this signal a shift from domestic problems to foreign issues? shifting away from things like immigration? we'll have that next. and later, controversy in new y...

Foundation. speaking of some words of wisdom, pope francis took time out this valentine's day for some spiritual affairs of the heart. he spoke he spoke in a packed st. peter's square to thousands of couples engaged to be married and gave them some advice on love and mat ri moany. the pope took questions and he told the young couples not to be afraid of marriage and let their love build and grow. >> this is a secret, but in order to preserve love, to be in 58 with each other, you don't need to come up with a beautiful speech. it could be just a tiny tap on the face. >> so cute, right? that i...

>> we would ask that the media leave, please. apparently, the president is going to take questions from the democratic lawmakers not in the presence of the media. you heard the president talk about income equality. joining us, jim acosta and peter hamby. >> jim, let's start with you. why did the president choose to go is there and then speak? >> well, at least before they kicked us out, they referred to us as the friends in the media. we can be grateful for that, carol. the president is not on the ballot this year. he is not running for re-election. his name might as well be. that's why you ...

Camaraderie when something crazy like this happens. there were fire trucks in the westbound lane that just gave us water. there has been people bringing valentine's day candy, pretzels, doughnuts, and people with cases of water in their car walking around, asking for help. it's just a really nice to know that there's people like -- that can come together in a situation like this. >> yeah. tough situation. and it is very nice to see people getting out there and helping their sort of new neighbors, i guess you could say. maria scholler joining us, there talking to us from the pennsylvania turnpi...