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the banks that were too big to fail are bigger than ever and still making multimillion dollar bets. i'm wore blitzer, you're in "the situation room" of . the latest skirmishes are being fought on college campuses with both president obama and mitt romney but neither candidate is saying much -- not saying much at all about same-sex marriage. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is joining us from new york so. jessica, what exactly did the president say when he addressed the graduates today? >> reporter: the president had a real message of empowerment and a little bit of ...

make facebook worth 100 billion. from a birthday to a blunder. jpmorgan chase taking a bet and losing big time. heads rolling this morning. the ceo saying his bank was sloppy and stupid. manhunt. fbi agents stephen missing in the mountain. bloodhounds sent for the search. "newsweek" calling president obama the first gay president complete with a rainbow colored halo. so we are asking this morning while social issues are in the headlines, why isn't anyone talking about the number one issue? the economy! newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. i'm carol costello. he is yo...

married but many others side with republicans. here is what he told cnn today. >> i think it's a matter of whether or not we're going adhere to something that has been historical and religious and legal in this country for many, many years. marriage has to have a definition. and we just happen to believe it's between a man and a woman. civil rights icon, rev rand joseph lowery. we're talking with him in just a moment. black churches have a lot oreconcile over same sex marriage. they are a major source of support. but as jones reports, many just won't follow him down this path. >> i l...

Than that. in fact, social media can be a two-edged sword for pro- democracy protesters. the author of "the net delusion" and we spoke with him how governments can turn social media against their opponents. >> one interesting example where a government actually went to social media web sites to learn more about protesters in iran in 2009 following the big wave of protests there. to identify anyone that they could recognize in the photos. and apparently they arrested, they claim to have arrested 40 people based on the tips they received from the public. >> journalist david kirkpatrick writes an...

They claim to have arrested 40 people based on the tips they received from the public. >> journalist david kirkpatrick writes for "the daily beast." he is also the author of "the facebook effect." david kirkpatrick joins us tonight from new york. david, thanks for joining us. how are you doing, sir? >> good to be here, don. thanks for having me. >> is it really a double-edged sword here? i heard the january 25 thing on twitter, he said i credit facebook. i have to give a lot of credit to facebook. i want to meet mark zukerburg. what do you believe about that? >> well, i think the odds are in t...