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Do these resolutions and calls for change do any good? not to far. erol? >> and this all began in japan, the u.s. president is in south korea now. he'll head to malaysia and the philippines. he did voice support for japan when he mentioned the disputed islands that china and japan claim. is the u.s. trying to be careful to make this not seem like a counterbalance trip to china? >> reporter: it's funny, because the u.s. will say repeatedly it is not that, this is not a china containment tour as some analysts have suggested. today in the article that i mentioned, the interview that was given to ...

Very scared to stick their necks out and voice support for the union. the board has brought some charges against the hospital system for illegally firing some workers, managers at upmc say that the sciu really isn't getting much traction, that they've been pushing to unionize for two years and they don't have much to show for it. the sciu has done a very good job, though, in getting a lot of attention, in getting under upmc's skin and putting this whole issue of a $15 wage on the agenda. >> sure. >> many religious leaders are embracing it. and when i interviewed the mayor of pittsburgh the oth...

We're having problems with gun safety in shopping malls, movies, all sorts of places. what i've said on this is that if -- like i said, if folk wanted to do that, fine. i don't want that to be a distraction and act as if that's going to resolve our issues. there are a lot more issues than that. and so hopefully, you know, they'll go forward with their plan, but i got to tell you, most jurisdictions probably won't be able to afford to have the guard anyway. >> well, greg sergeant of the "washington post" reports today that democrats hope to pressure senator john mccain into supporting expanded ...

Safety in shopping malls, movies, all sorts of places. like i said, if folk wanted to do that, fine. i don't want that to be a distraction because if that's going to resolve our issues. there are a lot more issues than that. and so hopefully, you know, they'll go forward with their plan, but i got to tell you, most jurisdictions probably won't be able to afford to have the guard anyway. >> well, greg sergeant of the "washington post" reports today that democrats hope to pressure senator john mccain into supporting expanded background checks and it turns out mccain did voice support for expande...

Remind everybody about north carolina voting today on amendment one. that defines marriage between a man and a woman. the president hasn't taken a firm stance on marriage equality. but he has come out against amendment one. if the president does voice support of marriage equality, does he risk alienating voters in key battleground states like north carolina, florida, virginia? >> yes, he does. that's the political calculation here. i would agree with my friend jonathan capehart on the substance of it in terms of what the president should do. we all know where he stands. this idea floating arou...