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do it? >> president obama is making history again. now he is the first president to publicly endorse same-sex marriage. we've got team coverage for you tonight on this hot-button issue. >> gary nurenberg is standing by with local reaction, including a pastor who says this move is certain to cost him votes. >> but we begin with ken molestina. >> reporter: the president has widely been criticized for not picking a side but now the president is making it absolutely clear he is in favor of gay couples being married. president barack obama made the landmark announcement in an interview with good morning america's robin roberts. >> i've just concluded that for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married.

>> reporter: until now the president had maintained what he described as an ever evolving stance on the issue. it was in 1996 while running for illinois state senate that he favored same-sex marriage. on sunday vice president joe biden pledged his support for same-sex marriages on nbc's "meet the press." two days later in north carolina voter passed legislation that bans gay marriage in those two states. >> i hesitated on gay marriage in part because i thought civil unions would be sufficient. >> reporter: his comments will surely serve as the major sticking point during the remainder of this election year. presumptive republican nominee mitt romney wasted no time offering his opposition.

>> benefits of various kinds can be determined state by state but my view is marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. >> reporter: a gallup poll was released that said 50% of all adults think same-sex marriage should be legal. >> we continue our team coverage with the politics of the president's decision. >> we didn't have to go far to find that. here's gary nosh berg. >> reporter: silver spring, where we found happiness and dismay. carly and natasha's mothers are -- >> surprised but absolutely thrilled. >> reporter: she says something was missing. >> now just the president affirming our relationship and affirming our family means a lot. >> reporter: but monday when the white house appeared to be backing away from vice president's weekend remarks -- >> i was definitely going to vote for him, but i was going to hold my nose. >> reporter: not so say some

members of the african-american community who opposed a same- sex bill in the maryland house. >> where are african-american voters going to go in this race? >> honestly this is my personal opinion, i think. so. >> reporter: reverend el wood gray of the peace in the valley church. >> reporter: so are african americans going to abandon the president? >> oh, i would think. so i don't think that all of them but a significant number, a number that will hurt his plight cal career. >> reporter: within hours an obama campaign e-mail trumpeted the president's position and asked for financial support. >> the polls have changed on this. in many recent polls now a majority support same-sex marriage. >> reporter: cbs news election consultant dottie lynn says with biden's statement the president was going to be

asked. >> it looked like he was ducking the question, so in order to put it behind him i think he really did the only thing key do politically. >> reporter: but it could hurt the president with some all- important independents. >> there may be some voters what are up for grabs who don't agree with the president and feel uncomfortable. >> reporter: those independents are key even in recent polls most favored same-sex marriage. many of them don't. in an election this tight, where every vote is likely to count, president obama is making a gamble. anita. >> gary, we'll see what happens. maryland governor martin o'malley applauds the president's position on gay marriage. in a statement on his official website o'malley said, quote, the president affirmed that for the people committed to religious freedom the way forward is always to be found through greater respect for the equal rights and human dignity of all. in maryland we agree. same-sex marriages are set to become legal in maryland

january 1st. governor o'malley says even if the law does go to referendum he's confident it will not be voted down. russia's president, vladimir putin, says he will not be coming to the summit at camp david. he will send dmitry medvedev instead. president obama and putin will now meet in mexico. and we are learning more tonight about the double agent who foiled al-qaida's latest plot to blow an airliner from the sky. according to officials he gave the information that led to last week's drone striking a gains al-qaida's chief of external operations. but in foiling that plot the double agent's cover is now blown and that cost the cia a valuable asset. >> when you're sitting at the table watching this threat develop you have a simple priority, and that is to

ensure, you don't put american lives or others at risk. >> officials say there are no immediate plans to change airport security screenings. you are not going to believe this next story. viewing child pornography on- line is not a crime. according to the new york state court of appeals. the court's decision comes after a college professor was sentenced to prison in 2009 after 100 such images were found on his computer. this ruling intends to distinguish the difference between viewing and downloading. the story is stirring up a fair storm on our facebook page. "child porn should be illegal everywhere. it's outrageous that it's not against the law." another viewer writes, "why would you not believe it? perhaps semantics are at work but if you go into a public park where you witness a couple performing a lewd act on a picnic table have you done

anything illegal?" the people have spoken and the post office listened up. the agency says it will now back away from its plan to close up to 3700 low-revenue post offices. the post office will trim down the staff while maintaining part-time staff. an economist says loudoun county will lose out on $200 of economic growth if it says no. county supervisor ken reed came away from the meeting with economist steven fuller saying he's still not convinced of the benefit. supervisors will vote on the project in july. sentencing is tomorrow for a man convicted of murdering an off-duty maryland state trooper. williams is to you facing up to life in prison. the victim, trooper wesley brown. brown was working security for an applebee's in 2010. turns out he threw williams out

of the store for being drunk and disorderly. williams got a gun, came back, and shot brown to death. tonight prince william county paid tributes to officers what have made that ultimate sacrifice. the citizen police academy alumni association held a memorial service for fallen law enforcement officers who lived or served in prince william county. >> very important for coworkers, for family members, for all of us would knew officers killed in the line of duty. >> tonight's service honored troopers and officers killed in the line of duty. metropolitan police chief cathy lanier will get to keep her job for the next five years. in a statement mayor vince gray says crime is down.

sources say la near's salary will remain at the rate of $250,000 a year. a man accused of killing a mother and daughter so he could abduct her sisters was in court today. the bodies of joanne bane and a 4-year-old were found outside tons. the kiss against former presidential candidate john edwards. a former edwards spokesperson, now a white house staffer, testified about a tense scene in which edwards' late wife elizabeth blew up at donors. if you've been hearing some random cheers, here's why. >> your washington capitals have just tied up their series with the new york rangers. kristen berset is live at

verizon center. they tried their best to go into overtime. >> a little deja vu there. you were talking about some cheers. when about cow bells if there's plenty of that going on tonight. the caps playing some inspired hockey, backs against the wall. they yet to lose consecutive games, and that was not about to happen tonight. they got things started early. al location vetch kin who had zero shots in game five struck first and struck early. less than three minutes in ovie puts the caps up. jason chimera, doubled that, a great. hoping, quite impressive. we'll talk more about the young net minder, plus skykirsteen

will join me. does this drive you nuts, the jerk who takes up two parking spaces? >> plus, a follow. and many are outraged about this tourist beating. we still have a few showers around town. you don't need this but you need this. wake. grab a jack. it's going to be windy and stay windy. we'll come back, talk about how long it's going stay dry and long it's going stay dry and look♪

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now an update on the beating of a virginia man in baltimore's inner harbor. four people were arrested in

the st. patrick's day attack. a spokesman for the baltimore attorney's office tells us the court commissioner filed an initial list are charms. the state's attorney modified that to reflect its assessment of the illegal actions. nothing can make the blood boil like somebody who intentionally takes up two parking spots in a crowded lot. >> if you think it's against the law, turns out it isn't. the issue is now on its way to the state's highest court. >> bruce w gilmore ended up sentenced to four years of prison after police found a knife and drugs on him in 2008 but he got off, and it was all about parking. that's because gilmore parked his vehicle like this one. he took up two parking spaces, which is why police said they started questioning him which led to the search, arrest, and conviction. but the courts threw out the

evidence after discovering there's no law against parking like a jerk. >> takes up two spaces. >> if everybody did that there'd only be half as many places to park. >> i don't think anyone really likes it. >> obnoxious. >> hey, buddy, what's the story you? ear taking two spots up. >> i don't want jerks park next to me. >> i'm not the jerk. you're the jerk. you're being selfish. bottom line, this jerk isn't breaking any laws. unless the property owner objects and threatens to toe, there's not much this jerk can do about it. >> how did he do that? that's scott broom reporting. >> in maryland it's not against the law. for the last year or so polls have consistently shown that a plural tee of americans now

favor same-sex marriage, yet every time the voters take a crack at the issue they turn thumbs down. derek thinks he knows what's wrong with this picture. >> anita, it's a lot like the so-called bradley effect, but instead of being white voters saying, oh, yea, i support that guy, but heads tating in the privacy of the booth, it's conservative. egan looked at gay marriage votes in 33 states and found that surveys tend to underestimate the opposition to same-sex by an average vb seven points. in other words, it appears a whole lot of us americans are still evolving on the issue. for example would the voting rights act of 1965 have passed in a referendum?

heck, would it even pass muster there today. let's be real, america as a whole probably isn't quite ready for same-sex marriage, but real leadership is making the case for progress, especially when the country isn't quite sure it's ready. president obama may well take some heat for his dizzy, may lose a few votes, but he's also winning praise for making history. by election day he may be wondering why he waited so long. anita. >> thanks, d. if you want to respond to something derek has to say or watch his commentary one more time, head over to the "let's be real" section on our website. is grab a jacket. cool tomorrow. refreshing, as we like to bill it. let's have a live look outside through our web cam brought to you by michael & son.

pressure recovering. here's live doppler. we'll zoom in a little bit. nothing is heavy. in fact this is all pretty much light rain, enough to keep the roads wet from. bethesda to great falls, western extent of it goes back to chantilly. it has stopped raining at dulles and goes through national, all the way to fredericksburg. we'll because out and talk about where it's going to go in the next hour. it's going to end pretty quickly. we're going to see this last line of showers move across 95 for the next hour. everything will be out of the metro and will clear out rather quickly but get kind of brisk. so dry morning commute. that's the good news. the winds will help dry out the roads. will you need your shades and a jacket, no doubt about that. cal on thursday and friday, temperatures five or six degrees below average. average high now is about 75.

rather chilly tomorrow night. we're not going to quite make it into the thirkts but the low 40s in the burb looks like a lot. overnight, showers ending east, clearing, breezy and cooler, lows in the 50s. and winds out of the northwest at 10 to about 15. now, tomorrow morning partly cloudy, breezy and cool. grab your jacket. 50s and 60s. that doesn't sound bad, but winds northwest 10 to 20, that's going to make it a little on the chilly side. by afternoon, partly cloudy, breezy and cool. highs will struggle to get to 70, and many areas north and west of town will not quite get to 70. i know it's psychological but winds northwesterly 10 to 20. 50s to start, chilly. by noon, still cool, only in the 60s. by evening, cool, temperatures 67 to about 72. next three days, nice on friday, still breezy and still kind of cool. we'll say 71, very nice on

saturday, mild. mostly sunny skies, temperatures in the mid-70s. next seven days, for mom, not bad. mid-70s, slight chance of a shower. then showers, maybe a thunderstorm on monday, mid- 70s. we hold with seasonal temperatures tuesday and wednesday partly cloudy with highs in the mid-70s. kristen will be back with more caps

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and does it leave your bedmate be? don't you wish there was a light that wouldn't keep them up all night? if so, you'll be happy to know, our newest nook now comes with glow. introducing nook simple touch with glowlight, the only e-reader made for bedtime reading. find your nook at your neighborhood barnes & noble. welcome back. i'm kristen bear 70. we are live at the verizon center. the caps wanted to make a statement tonight, and they did that. people counted them out after that triple everytime loss a week ago today, then again after that loss monday night but they showed once again just how resilient they can be. what a game. alex ovechkin looking like the captain he is. after zero shots on goal in game five he made his first one

count tonight. less than two minutes interest the game, 1-0 caps. in the second, jason chimera with an assist from nicklas backstrom. five career playoff goals against the rangers. for a moment, deja vu. caps win 5-2. game sir, sorry, 2-1. >> it's a big one. i think we did it 18 way that's going benefit us in the long run. played a very solid team game, very gutsy effort and we got rewarded. >> just the way we are. we're a cool teen. we don't really crack. >> i thought we played well. there's no way we're going to let that one slip up. >> joining me live, sky kirsteen. what a game. >> yeah, he had three shots on-

goal, but he also scored 1:28 into the game. how big is that for the caps? they're now 7-1 when they get the first goal of the game o. vee played well. he didn't play well third period but big game for alex ovechkin. what about braden holtby? >> 30 saves tonight but more importantly the defense in front of him played terrific. 24 blocked shot and they kept the crease clean for the most part. >> talk about the motivation they have going into new york. >> they have the momentum. now they have to good to the garden, a really tough place to be. >> i'll see you there on saturday. thanks so much. of course, the caps not the only ones in action tonight. the nats also looking to bounce back after losing to the

pirates last night after a walk- off two-run homer. let's look at those highlights. bryce harper and the nats taking on the pirates. nats down 3-0. xavier nady with a single to right. nats pull within two. but andrew mccutchen puts the game away with this solo homer in the 8th. pirates win 4-2. former redskins qb john beck has found a new home. he has finally found it. what an exciting night. live at verizon, kristen berset. >> we're psyched. after the break we see some pictures of hillary clinton