sexual images were produced. >> john blaes and margaret jones are accused of luring a 15-year- old girl from north carolina and a closed, that, and took care of her from july-november of last year. >> they treat the children to the best they can do so the children remains beholden to the process, so that at some point they feel they are complex up with it. >> at one point, they even took the girl to see their mother. the mother reported the information to police who of us do it -- eventually arrested them last november. child psychologist said she lacked the emotional development to know better. this is white adolescents cannot make decisions for themselves without the parents' approval and consent. >> that is why officials say it is so important for parents to keep an open dialogue with their children. to go when they do run away, the risk of becoming involved in a sexually-explicit relationships raises dramatically. to go the couple was indicted in baltimore county in january. the couple is scheduled to go to trial next month. in the newsroom, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the boys who admitted to killing and hidi

the next time you answer the phone, say it is a great day in south carolina. how may i help you. and she did. and the person's answer was, it is a great day in south carolina. and i said, that's it. we're going to do it. what i required was all of my agencies to answer the phone that way. there were two sides to that. the media wanted to pick up on one side, that there were two sides. i wanted employees to feel proud of where they work and i wanted everyone to be proud of the fact that we are in a great state that is in good standing right now. we have are challenges? yes. but everyday is doing better than the day before. the second part was more important. how may i help you. government is in the customer service business. i wanted everybody in state government that answers the phone to understand that they work for the person on the other side of the line. but their job is to make sure that they solved problems, they sent him to where they needed to go in the nature that they were taken care by the time they got off the phone. there were two sides to that. i will tell you that w

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you mentioned north carolina. we had a vote less than 24 hours before president obama came out and supported same-sex marriage we had a vote in north carolina that would ban same-sex marriage, say that the only legal recognizable union in the state is between a man and woman. that's a swing state. not only a swing state of course it's the state that the democratic national convention will be in in a few months time. and the obama team picked that because they know north carolina is a swing state and they want to emphasize it. so, you know, it's an interesting dichotomy. if you look nationally, luke, polling would suggest that legalization of gay marriage, support for legalization of gay marriage is rising rapidly. if you look state by state, though, there's a disconnect. as you point out 32 times since 1998 it's been on the ballot. 32 times it's failed the folks trying to get gay marriage legalized. so that tells you something. there is a disconnect. we're still trying to figure out why it is. but this is not a slam dunk i

they're back in north carolina. a woman handed out to a flight attendant which said she had a surgically implanted device. the flight crew told passengers the plane was landing to refuel which probably helped to keep things calm. it was not until later that the passengers knew there was a security issue. the woman is in custody and could face criminal charges. >> please bear had an tehran me in a minute of silence. >> this moment of silence in joplin, missouri is in sharp contrast to the deadly weapons that rained terror on thousands of residents 1 years ago today. the monsters tornado killed 161 people and obliterated neighborhoods and level the high-school and destroyed a hospital. thousands walked through the same areas as part of the walk of unity in joplin. do not drink and drive, do not text and drive. those messages are repeated all the time but those warnings may be sinking in finally. organizers from unite shared their distracted driving program with teens attending the state lacrosse championships. they were

in north carolina, a person in a nursing home couldn't vote.ote would disenfranchise a million people in the state. i just voted myself early. i had to tell my -- i today tell my agrees, say who i was, sign an affidavit swearing that i was who i said ways. we have a process in place to prosecute people who lie. that is not a problem in north carolina. >> it is an problem, governor? >> no, it hadn't been a problem. there are very few case of voter fraud reported. the press is very clear about that. this is another attempt to intimidate folks coming to poll and vote. >> governor, it is not a problem and you say it'll disenfranchise a million people in north carolina. >> absolutely. >> they attempted to override it once, unsuccessfully. you say they are coming back. why is it so important to them, do you think, that they are keeping this going when it is an problem? what's their real motive? >> al, motive is simple. they don't want a million people showing up next november. they didn't want those people showing up today and we sustained the veto.

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north carolina, a vital swing state. it is the callow political game. >> how much of a big deal about this is public opinion? >> is about 50/50. a democratic strategist says that in the train has left the station and he compared it to interracial marriage in the '60s were people were horrified at the idea and very quickly have accepted that it is a perfectly normal thing. did not seeghter's why all their friends should not be treated equally. the liberal base, younger people on the whole problem like this. it is somebody doing something that is forward-looking. >> they came under attack themselves. the attack underscores the weakness of the peace plan and raises the question, what next? >> they called a home is the capital of the revolution. this is a virtual ghost town. the syrian government rarely gives the media permission. there is a small team of unarmed u.n. monitors trying to maintain a fragile peace fire. tougher job, there is no truce in homes. >> and just love this house so that we are moving to this neighborhoo

here is bev purdue on it. >> we have a clear statute on the books that defiance marriage in north carolinaing between a man and a woman, so today's vote though some of the extremist have labeled it a marriage act it's about taking away civil rights. >> today she of course not the only person getting involved. it is a national issue. and former president bill clinton, number 42 was also chiming in with his own set of robo calls on the issue. >> the real effect of the law will be to hurt families and drive away jobs. >> and polling on this issue shows that 55% -- the most recent -- 55% were in favor of the ban, and 39% were against it. but the most important part of this conversation is that the democrats are holding their convention there in september in the state of north carolina in charlotte, and the fact that that is happening, makes you wonder whether or not if this does happen in north carolina the democrats should either pull out or they should say all right. we're going to boycott this convention. the convention is taking place at the banc of america stadium, which is really incredi

a limited buy running in key markets in just four states ohio, iowa, virginia, and north carolina. here is a look. he does go after the president a little bit. >> what would a romney presidency be like? day one. president romney immediately approves the keystone pipeline. creating thousands of jobs that obama blocked. president romney introduces tax cuts and reforms that will award job creators not punish them. president romney issues orders to begin replacing obama care with common sense health care reform. >> we talked about how romney has not spent any money on hispanic media buys but this buy does have a spanish language component. the campaign has bought a little bit of time, ready for this, in raleigh, north carolina, a place where the president actually hasn't run any spanish language ads by the way but it says a lot where romney is not spending the money for now. campaign is not ready to run ads in pennsylvania or florida. might be a little bit surprising to folks if they're not going up into nevada or colorado either but let's see where this is in a week. we'll see if this

his daughter cate walked just a few blocks from the courthouse and took in a few innings of a north carolina college baseball game. >>> summer is technically weeks away. the official start of summer travel season is here. it's going to be a busy one. according to aaa's annual survey, more than 34 million people will travel 50 miles or more this memorial day weekend. that is up more than 1% over last year. the increase could be due to falling gas prices which are also impacting airfares. aaa says airline ticket prices are expected to be 7% lower than last year. so a little bit of good news there for you. here's your first look at some of the other news going on around america today. in florida, police say a physician went completely berserk inside the back of the squad car. you can see him going berserk. he repeatedly banged his head and kicked and screamed then spat blood at a police officer all after he was arrested for drunk driving. >>> in georgia, scary moments for a driver who crashed into a community swimming pool after suffering a seizure. three men dove in, pushed the car into the sh

assistant on its networks because everything you say to siri is saved in a data center in north carolina. >>> a rookie slams the braves, a major league milestone, hip hop icon busts a bold move in chicago. dewane and lebron bust a few moves of their own trying to get past the pacers. the early morning sports are ahead. >>> your holiday forecast is looking a little warm and steamy. that's coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning if you're just waking up this is "early today." >>> in sports with injuries and suspensions leaving the miami heat season teetering on the edge, the big two stepped up big time. here is nbc's mario solis with a look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning to you, just a week ago we all wrote off the heat and cheered on the pacers, now miami is headed to the eastern conference finals. game six in indiana, second quarter, danny granger, capping off a 10-0 run with a dunk, indy up two at the half. the heat follow that run with a run of their own finishing the third with nine straight points, mario chalmers knocking down the triple. lebron and dwyane

and there's our tropical entity, trying to develop offshore wilmington, north carolina. a lot of models bring this back toward the west. if i show you the suite of models, they show up all these different colors here. that's means unsettled weather for the beaches. rip currents here, and potentially maybe some good news at the end of all this. some of the worst drought in the country is sitting over georgia and south carolina, maybe a little rain there. that's the good news. >> hope it's not enough to keep you too busy this weekend. jim cantore at the weather channel headquarters tonight. >>> politicians give a lot of speeches. today, one politician in one speech decided to get very personal. vice president joe biden was talking to military families when he decided to tell his own story, and it became an emotional moment. he told of the day in 1972 when he was a newly elected senator and was out of town when he got a phone call with news that his family had been in a terrible accident. >> you knee. you just felt it in your bones. something bad happened. and i knew. i don't

is charles worley, he preaches at providence road baptist church not far from charlotte, north carolina. a weeks ago on mother's day he lashed out at president obama's support for same-sex marriage and laid out his plan for eliminating gays and lesbians. >> i figured a way to get rid of all of the lesbians and queers. but i couldn't get it past through congress. build a great big large fence, 150 or a 100 mile long. put all the lesbians in there. fly over and drop some food. do the same thing with the queers and the homosexuals. and have that fence electrified until they can't get out. feed them and you know what? in a few years they'll die out. do you know why? they can't reproduce. >> if you think his words were taken out of context, in the same sermon he doubled down saying he knew what he was saying was controversial. >> i'll tell you right now, somebody said who you going to vote for? i ain't gonna vote for a baby killer and a homosexual lover. >> amen! >> you say, did you mean to say that? you better believe i did. >> amen. >> god have mercy. it makes me puking sick. >> well, his chu

charlotte, north carolina. they have a cabin and north carolina. and tiger woods is all over the place. he has broken the seven in the last eight rounds. that once he has gone eight years without missing the cut. now, he has gone for years without making the cut. >> andrew luck debuting with the indy colts. it took 20 minutes before a pass at the ground was boom, boom, bone. and he says

from north carolina, a delegate for north carolina, and from oregon, a delegate for oregon. >> is there any objection to adding these three names to the delegate list? hearing none, so move. we follow the same process for our presidential candidates. -- for vice-presidential candidates. we have already heard from our presidential nominee, gary johnson. he was given his time to select his preference and that has been announced. are there nominations from the floor for the office of vice president of the united states on the libertarian party ticket for 2012? >> mr. chairman, i am a delegate from the state of washington. that is the washington people do not hate with a passion. i move to nominate jim gray for rice president of the united states. [applause] >> jim gray has been nominated. >> and scotty bowman from michigan and i nominate lee wrights or vice-president of the united states libertarian nomination. [applause] >> i nominate jim burns for vice-president of the united states. >> jim burns has been nominated. further nominations from the floor? seeing none, i will close -- sorry,

a teenage nurse down in south carolina is susie king taylor. she's a teenager. she goes into the headquarters there at hilton head, and becomes a part of the first south carolina infantry of african descent later renamed the 33rd united states color troops. she would become a nurse for the regiment and a teacher. she had learned to read and write. she was teaching the soldiers how to read and write. she would marry one of the soldiers in 1862. she would say that while in the regiment, i learned to handle a musket very well while in the regiment and could shoot straight and often hit the target. susie king taylor also writes a memoir so we can hear her voice in her memoirs. another one of the school teachers down in south carolina is a diaryist, from a wealthy family in philadelphia, james fortin, that's her father. and charlotte fortin would go down to teach in a school that looked very much like this. this is a photograph of one of the schools where she taught. in her diary she'd talk about the various people she would meet and she would meet one as daphne, an

the state already has a law that bans same sex marriage. we have more from north carolina tonight. >> reminding voters in your area to go vote today. >> reporter: opponents of a constitutional ban on same sex marriage went door to door in greensboro. >> polls are open to 7:30. >> reporter: william robinson helped organize this effort to mobilize voters against the amendment. >> this has nothing to do with morality or people's view on same sex marriage. especially since this is not about same sex marriage. it's already illegal in this state. >> reporter: what is it about. >> it's about political strategy. >> reporter: that strategy, robinson says, is to draw conservatives to the polls and weaken support for president obama among african-americans opposed to same sex marriage. mr. obama won north carolina in 2008 by just 14,000 votes. >> it's a wedge issue. it's all about dividing and conquering. >> reporter: president obama has supported civil unions but has not gone as far as vice president joe biden and other members of the cabinet who have endorsed same sex marriage. mit

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. >> republican mitt romney is talking about jobs today at a factory in charlotte, north carolina. the president is meeting with a family in reno, nevada this afternoon, to discuss efforts to help homeowners pay their mortgages. >>> first lady michele obama will be speaking today at virginia tech's commencement ceremony. more than 5,000 graduates and relatives have packed the stadium in blacksburg, virginia for the historic event. the first lady also plans to speak at north carolina a&t on saturday and oregon state on june 17. >>> right now d.c. accident investigators are restricting a crash that sent one man to the hospital. a work truck hit the man on north capitol street near 8th street northwest. the driver did stop. the unidentified victim was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. >>> doctors are trying to save a toddler who was found unconscious in a bathtub in laurel, maryland. family members found the little girl last night at their home on 10th street near montrose avenue. they performed cpr on the child with instructions from a 911 dispatcher. at last word

the conventional going to give a lot of people an opportunity to see north carolina. ill give us a showcase around the world a great place to come together and launch our winning fall campaign. >> are you for gay marriage? >> you know, again, today is all about issues between a constitution, about civil rights between women and men, married and unmarried, about all kinds of issueswe have a lie that defines marriage between a man and woman. at the end of the day, north carolina is talking today about taking away rights. >> i'm just asking your personal, you're not for gay marriage? >> my personal opinion is reflected in my vote. i an against this amendment. i really am against this amendment. we have a piece of legislation that defines marriage as being between a man and a woman. today is not about that, chuck, it's about simply trying to not approve an amendment that pushes north carolina backwards. >> do you think this needs to be a national conversation? >> i don't think it needs to be a national conversation right now. i mean it will become a national conversation.

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. >> the first lady also speaking this morning, delivering the commencement address at north carolina a &, the university t greensboro. >> think about what's important to you. how does your job fit into a full life, a complete life? how are you going to give back? >> and stick around, in just a minute, we'll bring you more from the first lady in her talk about the civil rights movement. >> joining me now, david kna nakamu nakamura. david, does either side win in this debate? >> i think he accomplished a rare feat of energizing the republican base. president obama saw an o outpouring of support. they're excited about this move. on the other side, you're seeing the evangelical christians, the conservative christian groups saying they're going to sermonize against this announcement. it comes down to the important independents. we're seeing in the polls right now, that this move could affect the president's chances in key swings states in north carolina where the voters approved a ban on same-sex marriage. the president has a lot of time to make up ground there. but it could be important in

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while you were there moved to north carolina. aepresentative in north carolina that had to apologize because she said this. she said this first. from what i understand about the mormon faith you can have multiple wives. that's sort of a contradiction. there are questions about who romney is and what he believes in in terms of that particular issue. she was commenting about the same-sex marriage initiative and trying to draw governor romney into it. i want to apologize on my comments on mitt romney. there's no place in public or political discourse for comments. i regret making them and sorry for any hurt or misunderstanding it may have caused. peter, did she decide to apologize on her own or was she pushed? >> that's a very good question. i strongly suspect and have heard the democratic national committee and obama campaign wanted to get this out of the way, get her to apologize. i received calls from democrats saying i wish you would have given us a heads up about this. this is something neither campaign wants to touch. you saw ye

north carolina, the thing that bothers me the most it it is the only state in the south that won't vote for a constitutional amendment and hopefully won't, but north carolina has a history of being a state that takes deliberate steps. we were the last state to ksecee from the union during the civil war. we've always taken responsible steps. and this is an example, the only example in my lifetime really of the state taking a very irresponsible step, doing something that's somewhat redundant. because as you mentioned there already is a law. >> already there on the books. >> we're putting something in the constitution which even the republican leader of the north carolina general assembly has admitted he doesn't believe will stand for future decades. >> you said these folks now are young and in 10 or 15 year, perhaps it will be repealed. once folks who feel strongly today won't necessarily have their voices heard will repeal it down the road. but i do have to ask you this, in terms of more of a national level, you hear from the president, right? his perspective on gay marriage and the word he us

>> a north carolina aquarium scientist learned his lesson, trying to corral a wayward gator and move him from a ditch. but nothing doing. this beast was angry. almost took the man's arm off, in fact. the scientist, meanwhile, he's nursing his wounds and probably a little bit of injured pride, as well. sometimes you have to leave nature alone. >> bad idea. >>> some scary moments during another match-up. this one between the red sox and the rays last night in tampa. >> in the eighth inning, second baseman, rhymes was hit by a pitch on his left elbow. he took a couple of steps and collapsed. the rays' front office says he fainted. but he's fine now. he didn't need to go to the hospital. a scary moment. but all ended well. >> that's right. >>> and now, last night's nba playoff highlights. we get those from espn. >> good morning. i'm todd grisham. and this is your "sportscenter" update. the lakers got blown out in game one against oklahoma city. game two, much, much closer. fourth quarter, lakers up. and they go up by even more. steve blake makes it a five-point game. later, kobe bryant,