we have the writer who interviewed jason colins. ty is out today and simon is in. hi, simon. >> good afternoon. tech is really doing the business down here. we have got apple up 3.6%. hp, microsoft all leading the dough higher. we actually hit a fresh all-time high today on the s&p 500. so it's a very buoyant market as you can see. stocks powering, boosted from italy. continued strength in the housing market here. the dough utility for the seventh straight session. look at the s&p dividend as well. this despite an article. dividend stocks have gotten ahead of themselves. pushing that ten-year yield down now to 1.66. i think i'm right in saying we're off our lows. >> pretty flat for the quarter. i want to show you my favorite and that's the select dividend. the white line is the last month. we're looking at last month. johnson & johnson. a lot of consumer names. they pushed the valuations on this rather high. that was the point of the journal article yesterday. the s&p 500 passing its closing high on an intername basis. that doesn't mean we will close here. this num

. >> president obama personally called jason colins to express his support, a white house aide said he was impressed by his courage and the first laid tweeted "we got your back." >> thank you. you can see the exclusive interview with george stephanopolis this morning on "good morning america" at 7:00 a.m. right after the abc7 morning news. >> new this morning, the oakland a's and fans deserve to sleep in after an epic battle that lasted unbelievable 6 1/2 hours going 19 innings. boy, that game at coliseum began last night and ended only three hours ago this morning when a's first baseman moss hit the two-run homer to beat the angels 10-8 after the a's rallied from behind in a game that had a 7 and 14 inning stretch and lasted past the final bart train, the longest gamive in both teams' history. >> oakland police department is slowly making much needed reforms according to a report by court-appointed monitor overseeing the reforms related to police brutality. the monitor says the department is meeting many of the 51 new guidelines including speeding the time taken to investigate complai

jason colin saw his online following go from 4,000 to more than 81,000. bill clinton took to twitter saying he was proud to call collins a friend. his daughter, chelsea, was a dormmate of jason's. first lady, michelle obama, said it was a huge step forward. kobe bryant said, don't suffocated who you are because of the ignorance of others. robbie rogers who came out as gay earlier said, i feel a movement coming. are we going to see a lot of people follow suit? there was talk about four people coming out in the nfl on the same day? what is your sense? is this the next step? now, we are going to see a lot follow? >> i have been covering this story for years. there have been so many false starts of me hearing rumors about certain players who are about to come out but then didn't, because they were concerned about just frankly the weight of expectation of what it would mean for them whether they came out, the attention. this is a huge, huge deal i think it is going to lead to more players doing the same. >> we appreciate you getting up early with us and for the

and the president of the united states returning to the press corps to answer that question about jason colin that he is gay. a wide-ranging press conference by the president, charlie, who made news on syria, guns, immigration and also i think was trying to prove, if you will, or answer questions about his relevancy, saying, just like mark twain said, rumors of my demise, greatly exaggerated. >> the thing that i was struck, we need more evidence on syria, continuing, talk to the neighbors, benghazi, deflected that question, but in boston, said he was supporting the investigators so far. >> okay. all right. and bill plante is at the white house. he asked a question about guantanamo. more of this tomorrow on "cbs this morning." have you,,,,,,,, cinderella. >> the nominees for best musical are bring it on, the musical. a christmas story, the musical. kinky boots, matilda, the musical. >> anything that surprised you? >> the most nominations for musical, kinky boots 13 ov ovove over matilda, which had 12. katie holmes wasn't nominated. a a al pacino was overlooked. >> it's so interesting that you

. >> i just tweeteded something to that fact, so glad to see so many of jason colin's peers publicly conservative than sports but i don't think that would be right. i think if i had come out today, i think a lot more country art its would away to go. good for her. everyone deserves equality. i think it's a testament to the fact that in the three years since i came out, i think we have come leaps and bounds in our culture. >> stephanie: i remember when you came out, because you shoved me out of the closet shortly thereafter -- >> i did not shove you. >> stephanie: kicked me with a cowboy boot. >> i just summoned you out of the closet. >> stephanie: you are my gay whisperer. and also as the official christian of the "stephanie miller show" -- [ bell chimes ] >> stephanie: the espn sports caster said this -- no that's not it. a sounds like mitch mcconnell. >> okay. >> stephanie: sorry this is chris brasard. >> that was scary. >> stephanie: don't scare a pregnant woman like that. >> personally i don't believe that you can live an openly homosexual lifestyle or an open i will -- like prem

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colins is going through right now. >> it takes courage to do what he did today and i'm happy for him. he's going to be able to be the complete jason collins every day for the rest of his life. >> reporter: nike is one of collins' sponsors and they are supporting his decision to go public by saying, "nike believes in a level playing field where an athlete's sexual orientation is not a consideration. cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>ç cheryl, thank you. the 34-year-old collins played four years at stanford helping to lead the team to the final four. he's played for six nba teams, most recently for the washington wi sgrch wizards a is currently a free al agent. >> the person he confided in was his aunt and she's a judge. she's a bit surprised by the crush of media attention in response to her nephew's announcement. jackson's office is filled with pictures of jason and his twin brother jaren. she said collins came out to her a few years ago but she already knew he was gay and said she couldn't be prouder. >> i hope his stats will speak for themselves, what he did as a college player, high school player, and nba player and i hope tha