more state of the state speeches with washington democrat christine gregoir. later, a look at coming elections. join us next week for the select committee on intelligence. hear about global threats to the u.s. witnesses include head of the cia david petraeus and robert muller, director of the fbi among other intelligence chiefs. we'll have live coverage for that beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern on our competitor c-span. c-span's road to the white house coverage takes you live to the candidates' events through the weekend, leading up to the gop primary. >> by the end of my second term -- [ cheers and applause ] >> -- we will have the first permanent base on the moon, and it will be american. [ applause ] >> and by the end of 2020, we will have the first continuous propulsion system in space capable of getting to mars in a remarkably short time, because i am sick of being told we have to be timid and i'm sick of being told we have to be limited to technologies that are 50 years old. >> and when the founder said that the creator had endowed us with certain unalien

this follows on the heels of christine gregoire announcing her support for same-sex marriage rights ander introduction of state marriage equality legislation. today in olympia, washington, at a legislative hearing on this issue, a democratic state senator named mary hougen announced that she would support the bill. she said, i know this announcement makes me the so-called 25th vote, the vote that ensures passage. s need time to make up her mind on the issue "to reconcile my religious beliefs with my belief as an american, as a legislator, and as a wife and a mother who cannot deny the to others the joys and benefits i enjoy." ith said, and it is the vote i will cast when this measure comes to the floor. and, meanwhile, also today, we had some serious and worrying news from the family and the office of republican senator mark kirk in illinois. senator kirk was elected in 2010 to the illinois senate seat, previously held by president obama. mr. kirk is 52 years old, he's a former naval intelligence officer. on saturday, senator kirk checked himself into a chicago hospital because he was e

this follows on the heels of christine gregoire announcing her support for same-sex marriage rights and. today in olympia, washington, at a legislative hearing on this issue, a democratic state senator named mary hougen announced that she would support the bill. she said, i know this announcement makes me the so-called 25th vote, the vote that ensures passage. in a statement she said she needed time to make up her mind on the issue "to reconcile my religious beliefs with my belief as an american, as a legislator, and as a wife and a mother who cannot deny the to others the joys and benefits i enjoy." this is the right vote, she said, and it is the vote i will cast when this measure comes to the floor. and, meanwhile, also today, we had some serious and worrying news from the family and the office of republican senator mark kirk in illinois. senator kirk was elected in 2010 to the illinois senate seat, previously held by president obama. mr. kirk is 52 years old, he's a former naval intelligence officer. on saturday, senator kirk checked himself into a chicago hospital because he was exp

governor christine gregoire declared a state of emergency. the snow could soon give way to another threat, flooding, as rain and temperatures in the 40s are expected tomorrow. the earth was warmer than normal last year for the 35th year in a row. the national oceanic and atmosphere administration reported today the average global temperature was 57.9 degrees. that's nearly a full degree above the average for the 20th century. even so, 2011 was actually a bit milder than the last decade, due to a cooling pattern in the pacific ocean known as la nina. the seas calmed off northern italy today, and search teams picked up where they left off. they're looking for 21 people missing after last week's cruise ship disaster. we have a report from martin geissler of "independent television news." >> reporter: the rescue teams resumed work today. but they're losing their race against time. soon they'll have to make way for salvage experts who will try to drain the concordia then move her. more draumic pictures emerged today of the moments after the concor

. >> governor christine gregoire in the final year of her second term says she will back legislationt legalizes same-sex marriages. the bill would give gay the right to get marriage licenses in washington. if the state legislature passes the bill, washington would be the seventh state in the nation to recognize same-sex marriage. >>> from blanchard, oklahoma, this extraordinary 911 call from an 18-year-old mother as two men try to break into her house. >> i've got two guns in my hand. is it okay to shoot him if he comes in this door? >> you have to do whatever you can do to protect yourself. i can't tell you that you can do that. but you do what you have to do to protect your bear. >> sara mckinley says she waited 21 agonizing minutes as the men tried to break in. the man she shot and killed was carrying a 12-inch hunting knife. >> i did not know them but i know that they were there for something very evil and it wasn't to rob the house. >> the second man later turned himself in to police and is awaiting a court appearance. >>> next stop, brownsville, texas. police shot and killed a

martin o'malley, christine gregoire. >> what you see there, and i would use the veterans to dovetail with the president's ceremonial box, having the to tour -- two tour soldiers of iraq. promises made and promises kept. he was perceived and advertised himself as the more anti-iraq war candidates of all the democratic candidates. as president, he has befell the promise he made and bring combat troops home. that'll be reflected in not only who is in the ceremonial box of his but also nancy pelosi. the white house is saying this is a message in promise made and kept. it is viable to the american people generically and to us politically. >> the first radiobroadcast of the state of the union, calvin coolidge. harry sherman in 1947. differs mitt to prime time with lyndon b. johnson in -- it first made it to prime time with lyndon b. johnson. let's talk about the republican response. responses to the state of the union address have been part of the agenda for quite a long time. tonight the republicans have chosen the governor of indiana to make their response. to both of our guests, ms. dan

. >> washington state governor, christine gregoire delivered her last state of the state address last week. she called to a same-sex couples to marry and reflected on her eight years in office. [applause] [cheers and applause] >> thank you. >> thanks everyone. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> thank you all very much. thank you. thank you, everyone. let's start this morning to observe a moment of silence for some who have served washington so well and who have passed away recently. let us remember your calling, senator scott white, who sat they left us in the prime of his public service. let us remember two men who gave us so much during their time in office. senator alice ezio, senator bob kaplan. and let us remember always, governor al mussolini. al was a mentor to me and one of the best friends the state ever had. and also, please remember the nine washingtonians who lost their lives in afghanistan and iraq, serving our country. and just last week, the normally i do like mount rainier national park was witness to the lhasa park ranger margaret henderson who died in the line of du