it could have been hidden underneath someone's clothes right now. or in a pocket or shoes on an airplane bound for america. instead, al qaeda's latest attempt at a bomb undetectable by airport security is in an fbi lab. and the person who was planning to use it it is in custody somewhere or dead. hours after news broke of a plot that was foiled two weeks ago by the u.s. and saudi intelligence says relief is still mixed with fear. >> the plot itself indicates that these terrorists keep trying. they keep trying to devise more and more proverse and terrible ways to kill innocent people. and it's a reminder as to why we have to remain vigilant. >> al qaeda and its affiliates can me it's a size. they are constantly trying to catch up. whenever it appears we have them boxed eed in, they find a new

method. they are sophisticated people. they never stop. >> this plot is said to be the work of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula meaning yemen. we're following the take down with barbara starr at the pentagon. what do we know about the device? >> reporter: the fbi is in possession of the device and trying to determine whoa made it and how it was made. according to the fbi, the latest indications are it was very similar to previous devices that al qaeda and yemen has used. most likely with very little metallic content or no metallic content. that means very difficult for the screening devices in airports around the world to detect. this is the hal mark signature of al qaeda in the arabian pe e nins la. we saw it with the underwear bomber attack.

we saw it with the plot to put explosive devices inside printer cartridges on airliners bound for the united states. this by all accounts appears to be another attempt in that direction with a much more sophisticated detonation technology. we don't know a lot about that. but this is their latest effort by al qaeda to get past u.s. and international security screening and get a device on an airliner bound for the u.s. it is the hallmark of one particular one. he's working with al qaeda in yemen. he's done this technology before. he's in the cross hairs of the united states. kyra? >> we're going to talk more about him with nick in a second. but barbara, it took two weeks for this story to get out. a number of reasons we would probably assume why that happened. what are your sources telling you? >> well, you know, actually it was congressman mike rogers, chairman of the house

intelligence committee who this morning in washington did raise the prospect of how did all this information leak out. we must give credit to the associated press, which broke the story originally, but the question is, you know, if it was two weeks ago, was it tied to the anniversary of the death of osama bin laden? several sources tell us no, that this was a plot that unfolded separa separately from that around the same time. so this has been something that's been underway being tracked for the last several weeks and just now the administration once it was reported in the open news media, the administration coming out today talking a little bit more about it. b but holding their cards closely. they have told us that intelligence operations remain ongoing. there are still risks out there. r they are still trying to roll

up certain elements of this potentially of al qaeda and yemen so they don't want to talk a lot about it. there's still a lot we don't know. altd the obama administration says to the american people there are no direct known threats right now to u.s. aviation. >> all right. nick robertson, let's bring you in. barbara mentioned al-siri. why hasn't this guy been taken out? >> because he's hard to find. al qaeda through what's going on in yemen at the moment. the government fighting on three different fronts. al qaeda has taken control of three different provinces. that's large swaths of territory. the government is trying to fight rebels in the north of the country. it's guys trying to keep control of the capital. the president is struggling to unify the army. while all this is going on, al qaeda has taken advantage. al qaeda last week in one of their publications were bragging

they have taken control. they have all the chemicals they need. and what the advantage is they have are that it is a large area. the disadvantage is that yemen is quite isolated from the rest of the world because of the trouble it's going through, therefore, it's hard for them to get bombs out of there. that seems to be where they have stumbled again this time. >> the fact that the saudis tipped off the cia. what does this tell us about the relationship between the u.s. and the saudis? >> the saudis have a huge amount at stake in yemen. it's al qaeda in it the arabian peninsula because it's not just yemen they are active in, but saudi too. many of the members acting there in yemen from saudi arabia. so the saudis know they have to stay on top of this because those bombs could end up crossing the border. a huge land border that's very

pore res so they have a vested interest on staying on top of this beyond their partnerships with the united states. what i'm told is once they had an idea about this particular plot, they passed it along to the cia. they passed it along to british international intelligence mi6, which is what they do. they also say that these agencies then particularly the cia were able to move this along and develop it sort of on a separate track themselves. >> nick and barbara, thanks so much. a new strategy for keeping our borders safe spelled out this morning on capitol hill by michael fisher. it's the first change in strategy in eight years. the aim? a more focused approach at keeping out terrorists and illegal immigrants and less focus on blanket resources. the plan calls for the continued use of drones, helicopters, foot sensors, and fences. but fisher says the most

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getting ready to "f" you up. remember those words by that police officer? we told you about this and kelli thomas last september. he was beaten to death at the hands of fullerton police officers. months later, two officers charged with beating him to death are back in court. their preliminary hearing resumes in an hour. this is critical because a judge will decide if there's enough evidence to put the cops on trial. officer manuel ramos and jay suseneli face charges of involuntary manslaughter. one is also charged with second degree maur. they believe it was officer ramos who said my firsts are getting ready to "f" you up. one part of a video played in

the courtroom yesterday. the video is graphic and it's important to keep in mind that we're talking about mental illness here. kelly thomas was schizophrenic and homeless. what started with a call about looking into cars turned into this. you will hear thomas being tased and thomas being beaten repeatedly. >> okay. no! no!

>> help us! >> he's on something. >> kelly thomas died from his injuries five days later. casey wayhan is following on the details. what we showed is sickening but isn't even the most disturbing part. >> that's right, kyra. you can actually hear kelly thomas saying he's sorry to officers over and over again. you can also hear the officers saying that he was continuing to resist them. and perhaps the most disturbing thing of all, you can hear thomas call out to his father and from the tape, it's very clear that he was afraid he was being beaten to death. >> they are killing me, daddy. >> i don't want to take those

off. >> relax. relax. >> daddy. killing me. daddy. daddy. >> that video is so disturbing that there were audible gasps in the courtroom. and at one point, the judge ordered the playback stop ped because he was having trouble concentrating. the end result of that beating, kelly thomas died of asphyxiation, complicated by the injuries he received. these pictures we're about to show of those injuries are very graphic. here they are. you can see how badly that thomas was beaten. during the videotape, officers can be heard saying he's on something. but toxicology reports found that there were actually no drugs nor alcohol in thomas'

system. kyra? >> we have spoken a number of tie tiesms times to his father. what was his reaction after yesterday's hearing and having to look at all this again? >> he has looked at that videotape several times. it was reported in the courtroom he sat stoicily. but he said for the first time yesterday it was very disturbing to him, and that was when paramedics arrived, they initially went and treated the officers who had very, very minor injuries before they went and treated kelly thomas for his life-threatening injuries. >> we will follow the hearing today and stay close to the story. casey, thanks so much. in the meantime, the fbi is investigating possible civil rights violations into this case as well. ♪ ♪

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wellstone stood for and it was a pretty powerful moment. take a look. >> madame president, sheila wellstone isn't with us today. sheila and paul and their daughter marsha were tragically taken from us too soon, but sheila's example is with us. her legacy is with us and her words are with us. and i'd like to close with those. here's what sheila said. we really have to look at the values that guide us. we have to work toward an ethic that respects every individual to be physically and emotionally safe. no one regardless of age, color,

gender, background, any other factor deserves to be physically or emotionally unsafe. in a just society, we pledge to act together to ensure that each individual is safe from harm. in a just society, i think we have to say this over and over and over. we are not going to tolerate the violence. >> after franken's emotional appeal, the senate passed it by a wide margin. the violence against women act originally passed in 1994. in 2000 congress took on dating violence and added protection for the elderly np in 2005 greater protections for children and native american women were added. this time congress let the law expire. seven months have passed and still no deal. ♪

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the latest attempt by al qaeda to build a bomb that airport security can't detekt. we told you about the plot that was stopped by u.s. and saudi intelligence. the take away is al qaeda's determination to learn from its mistakes, but the good guys are learning too. the fbi is learning the confiscated bomb and this official says "we are confident the study of the device will yield valuable insights that will aid us in adapting security

program practices and counterterrorism operation here and abroad." brian todd is on that part of the story out of washington. was this another underwear bomber like we saw in 2009? >> it appears it was something maybe similar to that. all u.s. officials are saying is it was some kind of an evolution of that bomb that was found in 2009. they are not saying just exactly what this device was made of or how it differed from that device, but like the earlier device, it appeared to be non-metallic and that means it would have been much harder to detect, even with some of the body scanners at airports. it also may have had that odorless, white powder in it, which again, is hard to detect even with the sophisticated

technology that's now use d in some airports. they are working on the underwear bombs, but they have been known to work on bombs planted inside the body. the alleged bomb maker for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula has actually done that in the past. he put a bomb inside his own brother. i asked the chief trauma surgeon at washington hospital center about how they go about doing th this, implanting bombs inside bodies. >> the fundamental question will be how well do you want to do it. if you want to do it to 20 people and have 19 people die, that would be easier. you could do that sloppy. but if you want them to remain sterile, you're talking about a hospital or clinic setting. >> the doctor says that if the surgery is not so sophisticated then a bomb could maybe last

three or four days in the human body before complications. but if both are sophisticated in nature, maybe in the clinic setting he talked about, it could last days, weeks, or even months inside the body before a kp complication sets in. >> here's my question. you have done all the stories on all the new scanners and all the new technology in the airports and all the controversy and the debate. is it worth the money? do we need them? how invasive is it? the technology that we have now, is it enough to stay ahead of what al qaeda is working on now? >> you know, that's the huge question today. that's really being debated. homeland security technology have just said essentially last night and this morning that they believe that these scanners would have detected this potential explosive. but if you talk to terrorism experts and security experts,

that's not at all clear. that the body scanners would have detected it. and also, these body scanners are not used in every airport overseas. not even used in every airport in the united states. it's a question of implementing those, where they need to be, and again, whether they are sophisticated enough right now to actually detect these types of bombs. and that's really not at all clear at this point. >> all right. brian, thanks. the fbi is intensifying the search for two missing tennessee girls said to be in extreme danger. agents believe that they are being held by a close family friend. officials say two bodies found over the weekend are those of the girls' mother and oldest sister. jo ann bain and her daughters were reported missing on april 27th. the alleged kidnapper? adam mayes. he's considered armed and dangerous. martin savidge has been covering

from story for us. what does the fbi think on this case? is he still holding these girls captive? >> yesterday they had found the shallow graves, but they were not identifying. the concern of course, immediately is for the remaining two sisters. that's an 8-year-old girl and a 12-year-old. kyliyah and alexandria. and adam mayes is the key in all this. they believe he's still holding them and they believe they are still alive. we don't know how we know that. he is believed to have changed their identities. we talked about this yesterday. he's cut their hair and maybe dyed their hair. but this story has been focusing on western tennessee and northern mississippi. we know that fbi has s.w.a.t. teams in the area. they have been setting up road blocks. but it's clear they must have

some reason to think that adam mayes is still in that area. >> okay. so while the fbi is saying, okay, we need help. take a look at this guy. pay attention. >> that's key. >> and we're obviously plastering his picture all over the place. you have been discovering more interesting twists to how the family knew this guy, how close he was to them, i mean the relationship here with him and the mom and the husband goes back years. >> goes back a long way. that's what's really surprising here. everyone describes the relationship as a very close knit family. it appears that the husband, gary bain, is a good friend of adam. so what happened is the real question here? we know the family was preparing to move to arizona. adam mayes was very close to the family. could he have somehow snapped as a result of the fact they would be moving away from him? neighbors and friends say adam mayes looked at the girls as his

own daughters. so we also know adam was in the home the night before they were to leave. this is the day when everybody disappeared in that family with the exception of the husband. but we don't know exactly what happened. in the meantime, we don't know how the two women that were killed were killed. >> we don't know why the fbi let him go, let him walk, he was free to go after they questioned him. >> once the mother and daughters disappeared, they brought him in for questioning because he was close to the family. he answered the questions. they let him go. but then they wanted to question him again and he was nowhere to be found. they found the bodies in his home. now they realize they have two young girls very much in jeopardy. >> thanks. the fbi is urging anyone with information that could lead to the location of adam mayes and the two missing girls to contact the tennessee bureau of

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this. >> with your husband's name on them? >> reporter: in the fundraising industry, they are called guilt packages. when this one a big calculator with her husband's name on it, she felt the tug to make that donation. >> disabled american veterans. how many people are going to look at it. >> reporter: in fact, the gifts were not from the well known and respected disabled american veterans but from a newer, much smaller charity. the disabled veterans national foundation. something didn't smell right, so this retired english teacher did some research and found that the dvnf gets an "f" from a charity watchdog group. according to its tax filings, raising nearly $56 million in donations for veterans in the

past three years, but according to the records cnn found, none of that $56 million has gone to direct services for veterans. >> making lots of money off of it. when you're talking about millions of dollars that people are doing by grabbing money from people who don't have it. >> reporter: the purpose is to try to explain to me why these numbers don't add up. cnn has been trying to reach the disabled veterans national foundation off and on for nearly two years. republic relations man returned our phone call outside the headquarters in 2010, but the manager refused to talk. despite e-mails and more phone calls, our repeated requests for interviews were denied. >> up to $2 billion is raised in the name of veterans in this country and it's so sad that a great deal of money intended to help veterans is being

squandered and wasted by opportuni opportunists and individuals and companies that see it as a profit-making opportunity. >> reporter: daniel borokauf runs a charity watchdog group out of this office. he grades charities. veterans and military charities are some of the worst, he says. and that includes the disabled veterans national foundation, which he gives an "f" because hardly any of the donations make it to the people the group is fundraising for. so back to that $56 million the group has raised. where did all that money go? as far as we can tell, up to a company that specializes in fundraising. as far as we can tell, they know a lot about fundraising. for itself. they are a private company which

according to its website raises money for more than 500 charities and nonprofits worldwide. in an e-mail to cnn a company spokesman said "it does not discuss specific client relationships." but that spokesman did said "at ti times chooses to invest money in partnerships with non-profit organizations." to date, they told cnn they have actually lost $7 million investing in veteran non-profit organizations. that may be true. but in the case of the disabled national foundation according to tax documents, not only did all the nearly $56 million in cash donations go to fundraising costs, but the dvnf still owes its fundraiser another $5 million. it sounds like back ward math. dvnf is reporting on its tax returns that it is costing more than a dollar to raise a dollar. despite the fact that its

fundraising contractor says it wins its fair share of business because it is a lost-cost provider in the non-profit marketplace. >> it's like printing money. they print out solicitations and send them out to millions of people. they don't care about the percentage return. all they care about the money they get from it. >> what did we say? $56 million? here's the $56 million question. how did they get by with this? >> we have been searching for that answer. according to the irs on paper, this is a registered, charitable organization. despite the fact that a lot of groups give them warning signs and "f" grades, people keep sending them money. and the disabled veterans national fund does give away stuff, junk really. we found out that includes

coconut m&ms for the vets. >> we're going to find out more about that tomorrow. >> we'll expose a trick of the trade for a lot of these groups. they give away gifts in kind. it is donated surplus junk that the veterans group say they don't need. here's an example. a vets group in arizona gets a shipment of hundreds of chefs aprons, needle point sets, men's football pants. and another group gets thousands and thousands of bags. 11,000 bags of coconut m&ms. >> bottom line, when you get something in the mail, you do your homework before you send in the money. >> check it out np know where you're sending that money and know what they are doing with that money. this group raises money and all of the money plus goes to the fund raiser. >> part two tomorrow. thank you. a charity that i can tell you is extremely legit is called taps. it's the tragedy assistance program for survivors.

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same-sex or heterosexual. keith boykin and tom blair, guys, north carolina already bans same-sex marriage so what's the point of this? keith? >> there is no point. it's gratuitous, it's divisive. it's reflection of where the republican party is, unfortunately. if you look back at 2010 when the republicans came into office and a lot of these states, they said they were going to campaign on the economy, but instead what do they do, govern on different issues, talk about women's issues, taking away rights from labor unions, they started going after gays and lesbians, taking away the rights of people to vote. they have focused on this radical right wing conservative social policy agenda, nothing to do with the economy and building jobs. it's a disaster. >> tom? >> is this the same north carolina that's going to host the democratic national convention 18 few months? here's what i say. people don't like change. and change is hard to accept if

you look at the church, it took them a few hundred years to accept that the sun didn't revolve around the earth. lincoln, his views on slavery changed from the 1820s to the 1860s. same with lyndon johnson. number one civil rights advocate, growing up in texas his views were entirely different. i think you see the views of obama changing. point being america's views are changing. and even today in north carolina when you look at the polls it's 50-50 for same-sex marriage. my guess is if we went back 50 years on a national poll, it would be 95% against same-sex marriage. point being, in ten years this won't be an issue, the momentum is there, it's people fighting change. change that's inevitable. >> go ahead, keith. >> i agree with the idea -- this is inevitable that change is going to happen and people are going to ultimately support same-sex marriage but the republican party is standing in

the way of that. yes, i understand this is not unanimity of opinion but you have people in the republican leadership who came into the legislature in that state in north carolina who made this an issue where the democrats have been fighting it for years and that's what's happening, the right wing social agenda on the republican party. even if the republican leadership doesn't believe it they are giving a wink and a nod to the people who do believe it so that they can try to stay in power, that's the worst type of cynical politics. >> mitt romney is going to be in michigan this afternoon. we've been talking about that. check out what he's saying about the auto industry. >> the auto companies needed to go through bankruptcy before government help and frankly, that's finally what the president did. he took them through bankruptcy, that was the right course i argued for from the beginning. finally when that was done the companies got back on their feet so i'll take a lot of credit for the fact that this industry has come back. >> so mitt romney says he saved the auto industry. seems like i heard something like that before.

>> made in america. for generations michigan auto workers it's more than a slogan. it's a way of life. when a million jobs were on the line every republican candidate turned their back even said let detroit go bankrupt. not him. >> don't bet against the american auto industry. >> tom blair, who is massaging the facts here? >> well, i think it's a perfect example of success has many fathers and failure is an orphan. does mitt romney deserve credit? probably about as much credit as each auto worker who took a cut in pay and cut in benefits to make this work. probably as much credit as every dealer who lost their franchise after decades of struggling hard. and probably as much as 100 million american taxpayers who sucked in when we saw big checks going out to detroit. but to give the devil his due, i think mitt might be a little frustrated with last week listening to tape after tape of

the president guiding the s.e.a.l. team in to capture bin laden. i would be critical of mitt because i think the first rule in any leadership whether it be in the military, in government, in private industries, is a leader takes less credit for a success than they deserve. >> but you can't take credit for something you were against, though. that's what is so hypocritical. it's not that he is taking credit for something he played a part in. he was opposed to it. let me read you the quote from what mitt romney said. he said if gm, ford and chrysler receive this bailout you can kiss the american auto industry good-bye. there is no way you can turn around and four years later say i'm responsible for their survival. that's so blatantly hypocritical you can't expect the american people to believe that. >> tom? >> i don't think i disagree with you. i think i said any numbers of folks can take credit. and let me go back --

>> but not mitt romney. but not mitt romney. >> he may not have paid as much taxes as he should have but every american contributed to the success of the american automobile industry. >> you know that's too clever. >> tell you what, tom made his point. five seconds, keith. we got to go. >> we all contributed. mitt romney was opposed to this. he can't take credit for it now. >> i guess we'll talk about it again. thanks, guys. mitt romney finally has rick santorum's endorsement, can't call it a ringing endorsement but it still counts, i guess. here it is from a santorum e-mail to supporters. we both agree that president obama must be defeated. it will require all hands on deck if our nominee is to be victorious. governor romney will be that nominee and he has my endorsement and support. all right. there it is. santorum saying he'll support the nominee. oh, yeah, that romney guy. did i mention it came in an e-mail.

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>> live from cnn in atlanta where it's 12 noon, 9:00 a.m. on the west coast, i'm suzanne malveaux. getting you up to speed, first of all wall street. we are watching a major sell-off right now, i want to bring in alison live at the stock exchange. we're talking about what are these numbers we're looking at? >> dow down about 134 points, we're about 2 1/2 hours into the trading day and yes, stocks across the board are sinking. here is the interesting thing. we were expecting a huge sell-off monday because we expected investors to react to the european election results over the weekend. clearly that didn't happen on monday. markets were stable, so what you're seeing today is sort of a delayed reaction to the elections. what's happening is investors are rattled today, suzanne. greece is trying to form a new government. no one is sure thou situation is going to pan out. there are two worries, will the

new leadership that is put in place will it blow up the debt deal that took so long to put in place. there is also a lot of buzz whether greece may drop out of the eurozone all together. for stocks watching alcoa and caterpillar that had big interests in europe, dragging down the dow. although we're seeing the dow down 138 points, the dow is off its lows of the session, still pretty ugly. >> we're going to keep a close eye on that the next couple of hours. thank you. about to show you something that is frankly, hard to see. a homeless man yelling and pleading for help as he is kicked, punched and tasered by police. this is awful. the man died last july, five days after the beating. one of those fullerton,

california officers is charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter. the other is charged with manslaughter and excessive force. both pleaded not guilty a. judge is deciding if there is enough evidence for them to be tried. >> u.s. experts are trying to determine if the latest al qaeda bomb could have slipped through security. the device had no metal. it was seized by the cia after a tip from the saudis. apparently al qaeda in the arabian peninsula dispatch add suicide bomber from yemen. he was meant to board a flight to the united states with that device under his clothes. authorities believe that alseery was behind this plot and behind the underwear bombing attempt christmas of 2009. >> the plot indicates that these terrorists keep trying, they keep trying to devise more and more perverse and terrible ways to kill innocent people.

it's a reminder why we have to remain vigilant. >> in texas there is now a $45,000 reward for information leading to those responsible for the death of a rare white buffalo. the coualf was less than a year old. here is the owner of the ranch where the calf was born. >> my people, my brothers and sisters are hurt for what has happened here on this ranch. >> the white buffalo is considered sacred. instead after birthday celebration the ranch will hold a memorial this week. >> the lives of two girls could be at stake right now. police are frantically searching for the man suspected of abducting them. the situation now is so desperate because the bodies of their mother and older sister were found in a shallow grave. at a home linked to this man,

adam mays. police think he abducted the mother and those three girls. he is still out there. and the quote let the wild things begin. he was 83, had a 60-year career as a writer and illustrator. in january steven colbert talked to him about his famous book which everyone asked him about. >> let's talk about "where the wild things are." why not do a sequel to this. it's a natural. >> because it is the most boring idea imaginable. >> where the wild things are two, still wilding. featuring vin diesel. >> i love that book. inspired by his brother will be published next year. >> the issue of same-sex marriage on the ballot in north carolina. some high profile people are

taking sides for and against the measure. amendment 1 would change the state constitution to say that marriage between one man and one woman is the domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this states. opponents say it's discrimination and would also hurt the state economically. bill clinton record add robo call urging people to vote against this amendment. >> the real effect of the law is not to keep the traditional definition of marriage. you've already done that. the real effect of the law will be to hurt families and drive away jobs. north carolina can do better. again, this is bill clinton. asking you to please vote against amendment one. >> on the other side evangelist billy graham took out full page ads in 14 newspapers urging people to vote for this amendment. he says, quote, the bible is clear, god's definition of marriage is between a man and a woman. joining us is reverend william barber, pastor of green leaf

christian church, he has been an opponent of the measure for months now. thank you for joining us. first of all, i want to say the news conference with the clergy that were assembled around the state essentially that video has gone viral. a lot of people watching and in that you made the point here that this amendment you do not believe is about whether or not you believe in same-sex marriage, the morality of it but it's about whether or not the majority can determine the rights of the minority. can you explain your position? >> thank you so much, suzanne. yes. the naacp, the 102 branches in the state and our people's coalition, early on we said that this matter was not a matter of constitution but a matter of conscience, that we should not try to put discrimination, hate and division into the framework of our constitution. the reality is when you look at who is behind this, the family

research council listed as a hate group by the southern law center t the national organization for marriage, that said by their own document that this was not so much about marriage but about the strategy to divide certain democratic allies. a division that's dividing. when you look at the ultra conservative tea party wing in our legislature that pushed this amendment they allowed no public comment, didn't allow family lawyers to comment. the same persons who cut a billion -- $1.6 billion from public education. $2 billion in medicaid, passed the most aggressive voting rights we've seen in the 19th century. what you have is not so much a focus on same-sex marriage but a marriage between ultra conservative right wing ideology and money. it's wrong to attempt, suzanne, to use a state's rights agenda to trump the 14th amendment. >> sure.

i understand your position. how do you convince other black clergy, when we saw the case in maryland, it really was at the forefront. it was the black clergy who said you know what, we are not for same-sex marriage, we're going to -- we're not allowing this in our state. how do you convince them that this is a moral issue for some people? >> well, right. there are people on both sides. what you saw the other night at that rally, we had persons who in their religious conviction are against same-sex marriage, some were for. when it comes to the constitution, this dangerous precedent of allowing a majority to vote on the rights of a minority. we did that at the beginning of the constitution, we broke black people out. took 100 years of jim crow and we haven't gotten over it. we wrote women out. white men that were poor out so people understand, if you ask the right question, the real question is not what black clergy would do. that was a diverse group from five cities. the issue is what will north

carolina do and in the south will we go down this road that we have not tried since 1875 when we outlawed interracial marriage. will we go down the road of actually attempting to codify discrimination, hate and division in the constitution through a popular vote. that is a soul sickness that american has often wrestled with. we say we the people on one hand, equal protection but in the footnote we begin to write out certain people and other certain people. the question is not just what black people will do, what american will do, what will all of us do, will we go back or forward. whether you agree same-sex marriage or disagree permanently or religiously you should always be against discrimination, hate being codified. >> how is that being received by the clergy in your state? because you have billy graham, you have many very prominent people weighing in and they do not take that position, they do

not see this as a human rights, civil rights issue. are you being received well here? do you think you're on the winning side of this argument? >> well, what i know is that when people find out who is behind it, why, that same-sex marriage is legal in north carolina when they get the truth about why this trick amendment was put up we have a different response. yes, we have 125 organizations in our people's assembly, 120 branches of the naacp, we have five different cities of clergy, christian and jewish and muslims come together. when people are asked the right question, we are not voting on same-sex marriage. that's a religious question. we have a right in our constitution freedom from and of religion. the ultra right, they try to make it about same-sex marriage but we know their policies, cutting education, trying to repeal health care, undermining voter right are anti-family in some ways. when people get the right information, when they find out

who is behind it, how it will hurt even heterosexual families there is a different answer. and that's what we're finding across -- >> thank you for your time. we're going to see how north carolina voters decide on this. we're going to wait for them to cast their ballots. look at where the rest of the country stands on the same-sex marriage issue. it's legal in new york, new hampshire, vermont, massachusetts, iowa, connecticut and washington, d.c. aside from north carolina the issue is also going to be brought to minnesota later this year, possibly as many as four other states as well. right now some of the stories we're covering this hour. authorities say that this man built a bomb intended to bring down a flight that was bound for the united states. we're going to take a closer look at the plot and why the secretary of state hillary clinton says the terrorists will keep on trying. and rick santorum criticized mitt romney for months, now he's endorsing his former rival.

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