blake. >> good morning, stephanie.his morning. >> thanks for coming on. let's talk about this. i have such empathy being out here in california a lot of happened with prop 8. talk about what is happening in north carolina. >> even though it is may 2012 unfortunately it is all about the old testament down here in north carolina. our early voting numbers are surging, and north carolinians are plugged in on this issue, but there's a lot of confusion, and the language is meant to be fusing. the pro side has rebranded it the marriage amendment. but same-sex marriage is already illegal in north carolina. and a lot of people don't know that. but all of these pro forces want more. they want it on our constitution, because we are the only southern state that does not have it on our constitution at this point. >> yeah, blake talk about -- obviously we have heard these polls are kind of scary, the last public polling survey showed they are recording the amendment by 14 points. somebody said those who know what the amendment would

what was blake's alibi?thought he had to retrieve his parrot. >> bill: and the -- his gun, that's correct. lucy. so he left his gun in the restaurant as anyone would if you were packing. >> some people leave a tip. >> bill: you leave your phone and gun right on the seat. >> honey, could you go back and get the gun for me? >> not guilty we all do it. here is question number two. oj simpson's 1994 murder acquittal sent shock waives throughout the country. >> we the jury in the above entitled action find the defendant orenthal simpsons not guilty of murder in violation of 187 a a felony upon nicole brown simpson a human being as charged in count 16 the information. >> bill: one celebrity planned on releasing a book called get away with murder featuring a photo of that celebrity posing with oj simpson on the cover. now, he ended up, the celebrity did, changing the book title and photo at the last minute. who was that celebrity? >> bill: the answer is c, howard stern. that's correct. that was an easy one we threw

what was blake's alibi? his parrot. >> bill: and the -- his gun, that's correct. lucy. so he left his gun in the restaurant as anyone would if you were packing. >> some people leave a tip. >> bill: you leave your phone and gun right on the seat. >> honey, could you go back and get the gun for me? >> not guilty we all do it. here is question number two. oj simpson's 1994 murder acquittal sent shock waives throughout the country. >> we the jury in the above entitled action find the defendant orenthal simpsons not guilty of murder in violation of 187 a a felony upon nicole brown simpson a human being as charged in count 16 the information. >> bill: one celebrity planned on releasing a book called get away with murder featuring a photo of that celebrity posing with oj simpson on the cover. now, he ended up, the celebrity did, changing the book title and photo at the last minute. who was that celebrity? >> bill: the answer is c, howard stern. that's correct. that was an easy one we threw in. >> bill: so doocy lea

mayor stephanie rawlings-blake expressed confidence today that plan. >> this is a search in earnest. we're looking interleague and an externally. i'm looking for taking advantage -- internally and an externally. i'm looking forward to taking advantage of what we can do with this position. >> the mayor said she would like to see a replacement chosen prior to bealefeld's departure, which is slated for august. he held the position as top cop for five years. >> jury deliberations have ended for the day against julius henson, a man accused of using robo calls to suppress the black voter turnout in the previous election. >> in the first robo call case in december involving ehrlich campaign manager paul schurick, the jury deliberated about four hours. not this time around jurors in this case deliberated yesterday and went home all -- and all day today and what how without reaching a decision. julius tenzin is accused in four different election law violations. he is the author of the robo call in 2010 that prosecutors say tried to suppress the black voter turnout. at the time, he was a consu

. >> in an unusual move, mayors -- mayor stephanie rawlings-blake goes before the board next week. david collins joins us in the newsroom with the latest. >> supporters of city hall are hoping a third time is the charm. a new company that will manage baltimore city's grand prix event. >> it is refreshing to know that andretti motorsports is coming into team in -- team up with a local businessman to deliver the second grand prix. >> they're also responsible for the track and grant them out. >> for the race itself, operationally, it is a good thing. >> is a good thing for the city, but i do not think it is a good thing for the taxpayers when schools are crumbling. >> this new agreement has more protections for the city. under the terms, the grand prix will be conducted each year in baltimore for the next five. it can% tax will be placed on each ticket. a flat fee of $350,000 to the city will increase each year. and they will provide $50,000 each year in community impact fees, which will include cleaning and green efforts. the city will have a base return of $1 million each year for t

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with that become ground, let's go to aaron blake. hogie diplomacy. >> i don't know what it is, but it sounds delicious. >> let's talk about the more serious issue, the back and forth between the president and the speaker of the house. and as you point out in your piece for t"the washington pos," why we're headed for more debt yeeling brinkmanship. this debate is going to be pretty intense here in washington. >> yeah. the current debt limit is not going to be reached until later this year. there's some kind of go-arounds they can use to push it off into maybe the lame duck session after the election or into the next congress. but boehner gave a speech on tuesday that basically said we're going to stick to our guns, just like we did last time and look for spending cuts that are commensurate with the debt limit increase. now, that was a nonstarter last time. eventually they agreed to have a super committee to kind of reach a conclusion. they were supposed to come up with $1.2 billion in cuts. it failed and we're left with some automatic

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web producer andrew blake with a preview of what's trending today thanks liz on our web site. well it's become one of the most notorious places in america the demise of the auto industry spark the downfall of detroit from tens of thousands of vacant homes to an understaffed police force to a government on the brink of bankruptcy detroit has its fair share of problems and it's become the poster child of everything that can go wrong in a city and it's attracted photographers and journalists into the city to shoot so-called ruin pornography but we decide it's not go that route we travelled to the most motor city and saw glimmers of hope we found people in detroit that are resilient people that are sick of waiting for the auto industry the police department or the local government to get its act together taking matters into their own hands to make it a better place it's a city often described as post apocalyptic and if you come to detroit it's easy to understand why around just about every corner abandoned homes charred by neglect even downtown skyscrapers stand vacant. it's what'

well definitely watching as things unfold that was our team web producer andrew blake.events been unfolding all day in new york artie's honest churkin a has been on the streets getting a feel of the may day protests here's a report. this is just the beginning of may day action in new york city by occupy wall street and already a major street was blocked off all of this traffic right here waiting to get through but they happen about two hundred fifty people blocking the street right now and you can only imagine how much bigger this is going to get considering the fact that tens of thousands of people are expected to join along with unions later on throughout the day challenging corporate person challenging the big ones igniting. city like if i was shut out. of the city i think it's really great to get everyone together in one place and see the potential that we as individual humans can have to create new systems by just coming together and making things happen with office workers looking down on them this i'm. so sad the company inside the. immigrant workers one of the m

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around the state. >> reporter: but fights, murders and shootings, make the city and mayor rawlings-blake his priority. >> probably more useful if he would have debated himself and the other colleagues that supported the doomsday budget in the state. >> mcdonogh said he voted against this because it included tax increases. but mayor rawlings-blake says funding is critical to crime fighting. >> violent crime is down to historic lows in the city. and we would not be able to get there without smart investments. and smart investments, he would have slashed in his budget. i have no interest in debating him. >> reporter: mcdonogh's proposals, include legislation he says he's putting together to create a youth advocacy fund. i'm pat warren, reporting from the inner harbor. now back to you on tv hill. and mcdonogh is inviting the mayor to lead a summit on youth crime solutions in the city. >>> financial troubles for rg steel. just days after idling operations here at the sparrows point plant. the steel maker lists more than $1 billion in debt. nearly 2,000 company employees will be laid off in ma

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blake griffin, and clipper was a wonderful start to this game. but it slipped away. now they're on the verge of falling down 0-3. as we say, a place no nba team has been able to climb out of. paul, steps back. diaw stays with him. paul on the drive. deflected out of bounds by leonard. >> jeff: last to side out of bounds play where they tried to get shots, the spurs have been knocked in. nothing good. >> mike: mo williams catches. ginobili has it. 94-86. you have to foul right away and young does with 26.4 remaining. >> jeff: terrific win for the spurs. i wonder if it's going to hurt them that they haven't been challenged more. going into the next round. either against the lakers, or oklahoma city. not that it's been easy. but they really haven't been significantly challenged. >> mike: right. the duncan, ginobilis and parkers that we've dealt with. we talked earlier about some of the young players, leonard, green, splitter and neal and those type of players who are such a big part of the success. parker is done. 23 points, 10 assists, superb performance once again fro

around the state. >> reporter: but fights, murders and shootings make the city and mayor rawlings-blakeity. >> probably more useful if he would get the support of his are the colleagues. >> mcdonogh said he voted against it because it included tax increases. but mayor rawlings-blake says funding is critical to crimefighting. >> we would not be able to get there without smart investments. so smart investments, he would have slashed in his budget. so i have no interest in debating him. >> mcdonogh's proposals include legislation that he is including an advocacy fund. >>> if you are waiting for someone to get home from work, let's check on the roads. right now at traffic control. >> hi, everyone. a lot of congestion out there. the harrisburg expressway congested. as far as the beltway itself goes, if you're traveling on the outer loop, we do have an accident at security boulevard. the delay, a good 30 minutes back to the harrisburg expressway. on the top side inner loop, another 25 minutes there from greenspring avenue around to providence road. and the west side inner loop, delays there s

mayor stephanie rawlings-blake says no more cash will be funneled to the labor day event. the series is reportedly looking to replace the organizer because the company missed several planning deadlines. the mayor did say the city remains in negotiations with the group and a new racing contract is still on the table. while the dollar getting siphoned off, money is tight in other areas of the city budget. some are sounding off about why they believe things will be shortchanged. >> taxpayers night at city hall is kind of like an open mike night. the big topic is how the proposed city budget could have a negative impact on the city's youth. >> we need to show more interest in our children. >> is the taxpayers chance to give a piece of their mind about taxes, spending, and cuts. almost everyone was focused on the kids. >> our children are what is important. locking them up is not the priority. educating them, loving them, and caring for them is the priority. >> a 14-year-old children and mentoring program matches up seniors with students in kindergarten and grade schoolers. >>

face. >> one bulletwhen blake wants the ball he makes a certain facial expression of.me in the next hour. >> more signs that mitt romney is a lock for the republican presidential nomination. former rival is now supporting him. >> and lisa baden is helping us navigate the tuesday morning commute the. we have traffic and weather when we continue. this appears to be a problem on 50. >> straight ahead at 6:00, and underwear bomber stopped before he could launch a new attack on the united states. authorities say that the threat is far from over. >> a penalty that cost the capitals the series lead. "good morning washington" continues now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> rise and shine, washington. it's tuesday, may 8. could be in store for rain. thanks for waking up with us. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. glad to be with you on this tuesday morning. adam caskey in a moment. first, troubles on the road. checking in with lisa baden if. >> newschopper 7 flying over the scene of a crash we have been showing you. 50 westbound in

delegate pat mcdonough is challenging mayor stephanie rawlings-blake to a debate.olice have in custody and are questioning the person who they say ignited a security scare at the umbc campus at catonsville. authorities responded to a 911 call early this morning from a student who said she saw men displaying a gun in his car on the northern part of the campus. police are not releasing the name of the suspect because he has not yet been charged with anything. grace the u.s. department of transportation is shutting down dozens of what are being called curbside bus companies. at least one of those companies was operating in the state of maryland. brian moore has details. >> after a series of deadly crashes talks the federal government slamming the brakes on more than two dozen bus companies. is the largest crackdown in history. >> by ignoring safety rules, these operators killed zero passengers and other motorists, and shutting them down will save lives. >> new york city chuck schumer has introduced legislation to make it harder for roby carriers to operate. >> did you

late three pointers from steve blake and the money sessions. give a lot of credit to all of our guys at different times that they all played well and they all contributed sessions and steve blake made two huge stories you know we had shot the ball well from the three point line and they stepped up lately game got the passion and they just hit two huge threes that gave us some separation. and finally russia continues to make strides in the world of rugby following up last year's world cup debut with success at the glasgow sevens tournament in scotland where russia was making a guest appearance at the event as the country does not have full sevens world status but the team managed to be playing in the slow to your own final exam scored a try and kick for conversions thirty three nineteen victory to the delight of coach and report in the main final new zealand beating them twenty nine fourteen to lead the overall seven standings with one round left to play. and that's what support for this bill is and more in a couple of hours until then i think.

blake griffin, and clipper was a wonderful start to this game. but it slipped away. now they're on the verge of falling down 0-3. as we say, a place no nba team has been able to climb out of. paul, steps back. diaw stays with him. paul on the drive. deflected out of bounds by leonard. >> jeff: last to side out of bounds play where they tried to get shots, the spurs have been knocked in. nothing good. >> mike: mo williams catches. ginobili has it. 94-86. you have to foul right away and young does with 26.4 remaining. >> jeff: terrific win for the spurs. i wonder if it's going to hurt them that they haven't been challenged more. going into the next round. either against the lakers, or oklahoma city. not that it's been easy. but they really haven't been significantly challenged. >> mike: right. the duncan, ginobilis and parkers that we've dealt with. we talked earlier about some of the young players, leonard, green, splitter and neal and those type of players who are such a big part of the success. parker is done. 23 points, 10 assists, superb performance once again fro

kobe bryant to steve blake. hits the three. blake made five of six three- point attempts and finished with 19 points off the bench. lakers by five. kobe in his own hands. he had 17. lakers defeat the nuggets 96- 87. they face the thunder in the second round. that's a look at sports on a busy day where, sadly, you both are rocking the red. >> we keep the faith. >> no more this season but the way they are built, no reason to think that they won't have a good thing. >> i think they will do it next year. good teams stay together, this could be it. >> so close. >> now you are rocking the red for the nats. >> see, speaking of hope -- >> thunderstorms and rain in the forecast. be prepared for the beginning of the week. >> we are back at 10:00 and the news edge at 11:00. hope you are, too. see you then. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at

today you can find this in a book entitled "blake on the huds of america." it is a code book. want to understand how did all the sales, and how to work the various sales throughout this country, you should read this book. but delany, protagonist, henry blake, leading a national insurrection, tells one of his followers all you have to do is to find one good man or woman, i don't care which. so they can prove to be the right person. so you don't care if it's a woman or a man. you want to make sure it is the right person. and when some one like harriett tubman, born on the eastern shore, in the early 1820s. she was the right person. she becomes a champion that leads by example

they are referring 20* rebecca blake as busty becky blake.e should note that not only was busty becky charged with having sex in the cab. she said i was arrested for having a bottle of beer in the back of a cab and that's all. but sources say that she was arrested for sex. >> it is the new mtv show. >> i find when i start drinking at 9:00 a.m. i am good with the memory. >> and a friend of hers from england says, quote, at one party at her house she was drunk and showing off her tattoo of chinese writing all down her back. we are pretty sure she had sex in the back of the car. >> she is a hero. >> lastly, it is generally not legal to have sex in the public in america. >> there you go. >> but is a cab -- the back of a cab considered public? >> it is not your car so i assume it is considered public. >> a public cab. >> or somebody else's private property. >> what if it is a car you put a primitive mattress in the back and take out the seats? >> i think what you do in those cars is not legal anywhere on the planet except some of the urban centers

like sergeant blake stevens, killed in iraq and buried in his hometown. >> this is blake country. >>orter: his mother, kathleen, thankful that anyone who wants to learn the story behind his cross can know what she knows about his passion to serve. >> he was just born with that sense of one of well being. he really know who he was, but he loved protecting. he loved protecting people. >> reporter: so did tiffany petty's husband, jarrett. tiffany labeling the crosses of others who services have been overlooked by many. >> it hurts your heart, your soul. we need to remember them not as a group of people, but as specific people. >> reporter: so here, throughout the weekend, they're remembered by visitors from all over the west. those who have lost a loved one to war and those who haven't. even dennis, the sign maker, pausing to learn the stories. >> 21-year-old single mother from illinois that had one small child. >> reporter: 6,378 heroic stories. each remembered here. mike taibbi, nbc news, idaho. >> and that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm lester holt reporting from new yor

steve blake. he misses. lakers blow a seven-point lead with two minutes to go and lose a heartbreaker on the road, 77-75. >>> a much less dramatic game. the celtics and the 76ers. thaddeus young to allen for the two-handed jam. it's 71-54. rondo, behind the back. fancy. rondo had 14 assists to go with 23 points. then, it's kevin garnett, with the jumper. he had 27 and 13. it's 101-76. and just goes from bad to worse. that's paul pierce. celtics win it, going away, 107-91. >>> the nba playoffs continue tonight. heat and pacers at 7:00. clippers and spurs at 9:30. you can see it on espn and espn3. >>> all right. now, check out what happened last night at the devils -- as the devils defeated the rangers in their nhl playoff series. >> one of the devils took a penalty. but the penalty box door, it wouldn't open. they got all high-tech, trying to kick the door in. but nothing seemed to work. come on, dude. put some force into it. >> travis zajac went into the penalty box. eventually, they got the door opened and

- blake, let's go. we're leaving for the office now. - have you been playing playstation all night?grunts] warriors don't sleep. i'll be just a minute, man. it's almost over. - i'm not giving you a minute. the 'vo's a s'go! - argh, the 'vo's a s'go, though, don't you know. - i think blake seriously has a problem with that thing. - maybe. - hold up! - here we go. - what's up? - [pants] - you want a ride to work, you gotta jump in, warrior. - aw, come on, guys, stop the car. - i missed jamie foxx on charlie rose because of you and that playstation, bub. - i d.v.r.'d it! - one... two... - [growls] oh! - whoa! - oh. - oh, my god, i don't believe this. excuse me. - you got choco tacos? - i'm lookin' for a chipwich. - hey, guys! get me a bomb pop. [hip-hop music] ♪ - ♪ i'm fresh ♪ ♪ you gotta, you gotta, you gotta ♪ ♪ gotta be fresh - that game is, like, taking over your life, man. - yeah, when's the last time you took a shower? - i'll take a shower when i make the top 50. - top 50 of what? - the top 50 players on the leader board get to take a trip to vegas to be in this big kumite tourn

jonathan blake reports. his disappearance captivated america. etan patz left home to walk to the bus stop on his own for the first time and was never seen again. the case sparked a national campaign to raise awareness about missing children, but despite huge publicity, police found only false leads. until now, more than three decades on, a breakthrough. detectives say a man who worked in a convenience store near etan's home has confessed. >> hernandez described to detectives how he lured young etan from the school bus stop at west broadway and prince street. with the promise of a soda. he then led him into the basement of the body egg a -- the basement of the bodega, choked him, and disposed of the body by putting it in a plastic bag and placing it into the trash. >> the first arrest over etan's disappearance comes amid renewed interest in the case after police dug up a basement flat near the boy's home last month. now, along with caution, there is hope of solving a case which haunted new york. >> if you remember 33 years ago, this was a tragedy

. >> in a ribbon statement, mayor rawlings-blake says, while i am saddened to see his retirement, i respect his decision to retire to spend more time with his family. i know he loved the job and was proud to serve with honest and integrity. >> in his written statement, commissioner bealefeld says this was a very tough decision for me and my family. but it's now the right time for me to bring my career with the baltimore police department to a close. i am very proud of the men and women of the bpd, for all that we have been able to accomplish together over the last five years. and i am looking forward to enjoying retirement with my family and close friends. >> reporter: now, the mayor's statement also includes intentions to begin a nationwide search for a replacement immediately. and she says commissioner bealefeld will be involved in the transition of office. his retirement after 31 years takes effect on august 1st. and one of the things that he'll be noted for as an accomplishment is the big reductions in homicides and in gun crimes. reporting live from city hall, i'm pat warren. now, back

all right joining me for happy hour is our producer adriano seto and our do web producer andrew blake our i guy i wish we were national bar all three of us and soon we said all right we're going on the case of trayvon martin is back in the news report from his autopsy was just released and it actually has some quite a few people are pretty upset take a look. yes what trayvon has is a system according to the autopsy report that we did study one point five nanograms of t.h.c. which is a greedy marijuana and seven point three nanograms of another t.h.c. sussed substance both found in his blood and traces of cannabis also found it is your and. so traces of t.h.c. of marijuana that must make that the stoner did it as you started it absolutely makes me so angry i mean that doesn't mean that he. maybe smoke up maybe he like poppy seed muffins you know and then all of a sudden i mean regardless not recall exactly eighteen year old doesn't smoke pot first of all second of all the contests and make people more apt to do anything or be violent and there's certainly no evidence and i was why are

we're out of time and you're blake and adriano is that i think so much for coming on and that is going to do it for tonight's show i want to thank you so much for watching the show to come back on mine. there hasn't been anything good on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact. before source material is what helps keep journalism honest. we wanted to present. something else. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture . which.

well it's time to check in with our web to see what they're working on our web producer andrew blake is in the newsroom to tell us more about some troubling lessons taught at a u.s. military school and what's that all about we go whole bunch of trouble today liz yes if you were right there is a u.s. department of defense training manuals have come out and it looks like the pentagon was kind of saying that soldiers should. be wage war on the entire your religion of islam which seems kind of silly but that is what the military was telling them to do it looks like these papers are now out you can read about it on our t. dot com slash usa a couple other stories we're doing today is that the cia is looks like they're now doing an investigation into what role within the agency may have released the crucial information about the recent alleged al qaeda airplane bombing that broke last week this is now. the seventh different whistleblower investigation waged by the obama administration since he took office so we'll give you that and then also just finished up a story out of georgia about a m

web producer andrew blake were all started in new york city for more on the day's events there. andrew what is the mood there what's going on in the streets of youyou do a good hopeful as well over there tell us about it you're kind of a not the best guy but also trying to the best god i mean union square right now fourteenth street middle of manhattan and i were outed by thousands and thousands of really really really energized people started to get near me to speak or just took the stage in front of me but your union square and elsewhere across. there's been massive demonstrations all over the island today also going at the brooklyn thousands and thousands of people it's unlike anything that i've spent the occupy movement kind of like a little bit of a hibernation last year and the energy that evident here today is. something let me tell you you know and in face of the federalize crackdowns that we saw and the harsh militarized actions against occupy camps nationwide and also the harsh winter that kind of put occupy in a dormant state would you say that today marks a reemergen

a spokesperson for rawlings blake told abc 2 news that she does not take a position on resolutions and will not comment until she sees an actual bill on fire truck ads. he did say a proposal to add signs to city-owned parking garages and even schools is very close to becoming a reality. pete well ch made the plan to permanently close three fire companies around the city. this includes truck 10 in west baltimore and squad 11 in southeast baltimore. >> you can't put a price on human life and this is a measure that not only provides for these fire companies to be around, but to protect lives. >>reporter: so back out here live, again, the three fire companies would close when the next fiscal year starts on july 1st. right now it's tough to see how any ads on fire trucks would be ready in time to make enough money to save the companies. reporting live in downtown baltimore, sherree johnson, abc 2 news. >>> a metro worker who became trapped under a train is recovering in the hospital this morning. it happened yesterday at the shady grove rail yard. the mechanic has been on the job 28 years.

i'm getting at, what's going to be the next step that you take, blake? >> well, it's -- we've got a -- this will provide us with a tremendous portfolio of 16 brands. so we've got tremendous growth opportunities across these brands. the four brands that we announced today that we're acquiring are primarily distributed in the usa. yet for our company, we distribute about 60% of all pairs of footwear outside the united states. so really for these four brands, a tremendous international opportunity. >> within the collective brand staple, which of the brands was the most important to you? which one did you really want to get your hands on? >> well, as folks that love brands and love to distribute brands around the world, we like them all. but you have to be impressed with sperry topciders. sperry topsiders right now is white hot. over 90% of its business is in the united states. international markets are almost untapped. it's a brand that's geared as much or more to women than men. in addition you have to look at the saucony brand. a true heritage running bra

producer web producer andrew blake is in the newsroom to tell us what he's got cooking and what it what you are going on there if i tell you what we're working on it will you promise to go read them later i absolutely well ok as long as i have your word first things first earlier this year a nineteen year old college student in pasadena california was shot and killed by two police officers real tragic story but only recently did the results of the coroner's investigation come out today we wrote about how in that investigation was determined that after the cops shot this boy seven times they then handcuffed him and let him die on the streets. warner's report is outstandingly disgusting so you have to go to our to dot com so she will say read all about this story because now the parents of the c.s. boy are filing a lawsuit in california also remember the whole story of trayvon davis all kind of similar accounts george zimmerman the man the confessed killer of trayvon davis in that case george zimmerman maybe now be facing federal hate crime charges the f.b.i. is considering doing that wit

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blake, before you go, i have got to ask you: so, you know this president obama carried north carolinain 2012 and do you think all of the organization that's been put together against amendment 1 white be able to help obama? >> i think if that collective voice speaks on next tuesday and says we don't want this in our southern state, that's a good sign because the independents will vote against amendment 1. but bill honestly what choice does any voter have at this point? the other side, the republicans have presented nothing. there is no ideas, no one's excited about mitt romney. so the reality is we can continue the progress and support president obama. as a progressive i have my problems with him, too, you know, on certain issues. so do my listeners. but still, overall, we support what he is doing and continues to do and i just want to move forward. this presidential nomination processes has really been drawn out. i said on the radio the other day, it's like groundhog day and mitt romney is running for president every single day. >> we have a few more days to go before we find out. >>

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