christine romans. but how do his views on same-sex marriage really evolve? >>> a cell phone recovered in the bin laden ring. i'm drew griffinto pakistan on this "american morning." ♪ >>> all right. good morning, everybody. friday! friday! june 24th. christine romans and ali velshi have the day off. drew griffin is in. >> trying to fill in as best i can on this friday. this is the hardest couch in the world. >>> up first, he ended up in the middle of the battle of the same-sex marriage in new york. president obama making headlines during a fund-raising swing in new york city last night, calling for equal rights for same-sex couples, but still not marriage. >> and i believe that discrimination because of somebody's sexual orientation or gender identity ran counter to who we are there who say a civil union, equal rights. you know, spousal visits at hospitals, things like that. certainly they feel should be up there and should be allowed for same-sex couples. the question, i think, at this point is the president, this is a very important community to the re-election campaign of president obama, and there is a sense inside the l