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Gulf soon where there will soon be an office open where the taliban can talk to the afghan government. john kerry really pushing this idea of a political process here. i think the united states knows it's leaving, it wants to see perhaps the insurgency come to the table with karzai in the hope that whatever it leaves behind except some of the things it wants to see in afghanistan but also means there's not a violent future ahead. >> one last question. what kind muof immunity with th american soldiers have on the ground after the u.s. pulls out most of the troops, roughly 60,000 troops there. s...

Effect. >> i'm announcing today a change of heart on an issue that a lot of people feel strongly about that has to do with gay couples' opportunity to marry. >> last week ohio republican senator rob portman became the first sitting republican senator to publicly support same-sex marriage a change of heart he says after his son came out of the closet, he said. years ago, former vice president dick cheney did the same after learning his daughter mary was a lesbian, putting him for years to the left of president obama on this issue. >> i think freedom means freedom for everyone, and, as many of y...

Rear in our own cnn anchor ncaa poll, has more on the magical run. john, thanks for joining us. >> jake, thank you. thankfully this is not about me. as you said, florida gulf coast university, the first 15-seed to make the sweet 16, they have the best nickname ever in dunk city. and you know, none of this would have been possible 25 years ago because florida gulf coast university didn't even exist 25 years ago. and that's not even the most interesting thing about this unlikely team. it is a team a coach and a tale that is the ultimate cinderella story. assuming cinderella founded a tech start-...

Millions of then-teenagers. he died that year and was praised by president clinton. ♪ so no one told you life was gonna be this way ♪ >> it helped to create an environment of acceptance where more and more gays and lesbians came out of the closet. the six friends may have all been straight, but more and more americans have friends that are not. and that's what's changed dramatically over the past few years. consider this -- a new cnn poll shows 57% of americans say they have a family member or close friend who's gay. that's a huge jump from just a few years ago and almost double what it wa...

>> thank you. so how concerned should the united states be with what's going on in russia? i'm joined by longtime diplomat george mitchell. now chairman emeritus of an international law firm. senator mitchell, thanks for 0 joining us. mysterious deaths, acid attacks at the ballet. amnesty international offices raided. are we seeing a democratic regression in russia, or have we just started now paying attention? >> well, i think that the path to democracy and genuine democratic institutions historically has taken quite a while. and while russia has achieved the forms of democracy, clearly does ...