markell: first i support it.hree years ago in the state when i became governor, it was legal to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. literally. we changed that. my first months in office we signed a bill to make it illegal to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. in the spring of 2011 we signed the civil unions will and 600 people i asked all the children of those same-sex couples to come up on the stage and i explained to them in large part i was signing the bill for them so that they knew in the eyes of the state's what they already knew they were a family and we knew they were family, the love they have from their parents is the love that we recognize and this is an issue that we disagree on. i support the legalization of same-sex marriage. mr. cragg does not. >> moderator: we have one minute. cragg: i think it's a religious issue and when we, the marriages between one man and one woman and i believe we have a large segment of the population that has religious beliefs and civil unions es

jack markell is the governor of the state of delaware. let's get to zoraida.of the other stories making news. >> good morning to you, soledad. people living in coastal communities in new york and new jersey are bracing for another powerful storm. one week after the devastation from sandy. rob marciano is monitoring the situation, the track of the storm at the weather center in atlanta. rob, what can you tell us? >> right now it's impacting georgia, the squareas, southern tennessee and also florida. some heavy rain and thunderstorms with this, as well. pressing through orlando and tampa here in the next couple of hours. and then off to the east coast towards melbourne and cocoa beach. it should last two or three hours. so kind of work your voting around there. other swing states may be impacted by bad weather. rain mixed with snow across parts of wisconsin. other than that we're looking pretty good. so cal still warm. northeast clear but cool. should be dry for the most part there. all right this storm will cruise through florida over the next day or two, and t

markell white was given 60 days in segregation.lost all privileges including gym and visitation. he's on day 14 of his stay. >> how's it's been going in here? >> it's all right. it's stressful not being out there. i need to get out there to my son. that's the only thing that really stresses me out because i want to be a father figure. i know what it feel like not to have a father. i don't want him doing the same thing. >> you didn't have a father? >> i had one but in and out. right now i'm following his footsteps. >> when was the last time you got to touch your child? >> i ain't. >> you never touched your child? >> trying to stay. >> it's been several months since bryan edmonds has touched his son who is incarcerated one floor below him. >> we had an argument in here. they put keep aways on us. i want him to know i'm sorry i haven't been here. i know that's the reason he's going through what he's going through. i want to apologize for never be there. >> the two men might not have much time to reconcile. edmonds sr. is about to leav

. >>> supervisors, my name is al markel. i've lived in san francisco all my life and i played golf a good part of it. i urge you to -- a no vote on this resolution. [speaker not understood]. all this does is waste more time and money. so, let's get on with it. >> thank you. next speaker. >>> my name is victor car michael and i live in pacifica, california. my position is it makes no sense at all to merge these two studies. they are completely different entities. the sharp park redevelopment should be separated for two specific reasons. one is the golf course within the sharp park area is located right on top of a [speaker not understood] area. that complicates the e-i-r a great deal. [speaker not understood] prevents reclaiming the zone. e-i-r involved in studying the sharp park area, it needs to have a specific consideration. secondly, and of course, we all know that the sharp park area contains two endangered species. to merge these two studies together makes no sense at all. please, i urge you, urge the city council to pl

the latest assault occurred when markel white punched an officer as he entered the housing unit. >> heically sucker punched an officer as he came in the door, which resulted in other sturbances in the dorm. >> white, who is currently there waiting for trial for murder, has been put a segregation cell, and put on high status, the highest destination for a cell. he will be locked up for now, 24 hours a day, lose all of his privileges and have little more to do than sleep. >> what did you do to the officer? >> i hit him. i hit him. at the end of the day i came out -- [ bleep ] up. what is that called? restraints. >> let me talk to you real quick, all right? what is going on, white? i want to talk to you a little bit about what happened last night. >> i just got fed up. >> so what are you feeling like today? >> i'm feeling good. >> you know your discipline officer wi see you in a couple of days. and because of that, i'll be by to see you and we'll be reviewing you, depending on your actions for two or three weeks, depending on the sort status, all right, well, i'll be talking to you. >> al

. >>> supervisors, my name is al markel. i've lived in san francisco all my life and i played golf a good part of it. i urge you to -- a no vote on this resolution. [speaker not understood]. all this does is waste more time and money. so, let's get on with it. >> thank you. next speaker. >>> my name is victor car michael and

israel for markel in portugal the german chancellor is greeted with public anger and blame for the austerity that is strangling of that country as well as mass protests in greece against the cuts demanded by international lenders. and more heads rolling at the b.b.c. now the news chief and her deputy step aside over the broadcasters and botched handling of child abuse claims. world news live from our moscow headquarters on lucy catherine of in you're watching our team the syrian conflict continues to break over its borders with israel now feeling the ripple effects of the jewish state has fired missiles over the border for two consecutive days now in response to mortar shells landing in the golan heights let's cross over to paula our correspondent in the room who is with us live now paula we're hearing that the israeli military says it scored quotes direct hits on targets in syria what's going on between syria and israel bring us up to date. well the information we have is that a mortar shell landed in an open area near the vicinity of in his lady defense force military base in the occupied

markell bill and on to the beltway, still wide open stretch. -- rockville and on to the beltway, still wide open stretch. >> and emotional vigil for a local teenager hit by a car and killed. charlie rose: will you endorse president obama? colin powell: yes. when he took over we were in one of the... worst recessions we had seen in recent times... close to depression. and i saw, over the next several years, stabilization... come back in the finanal community. housing is starting to pick up. the president saved the auto industry. and the actions he's taken with respect to... protecting us from terrorism have been very, very solid. and so, i think we oughtke to o keep on the track that we are on. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >> new at 6:00, what mark cuban is asking donald trump to do for charity. >> thenfl blows -- the nfl blows the whistle on a mistake caused by a whistle at the packers game. >> happeelping the jersey shore recover after the hurricane. >> a man was convicted of is 12 dui. he was arrested a dent in november 2011. he was first convicted

porter left in the 1st half with an eye injury. 2nd half off the duquesne miss markel starts with thef, drops it for the freshman d' vauntes smith rivera for the lay-in. georgetown over duquesne 61-35. >>> ben olson d.c. united kicking off the eastern conference final game one at houston against the dynamo, 28th minute no score. nick deleon with the heed pass up the left side to leonard pajoy who tracks it down and in it goes, united out to a surprising 1-0 lead. 68th minute game tied 1-1. houston goes ahead to jiles barnes, a nifty move around robby russell. barnes crossed keeper joe willis who gets a hand on it, but will bruin there to put it home. houston defeats united 3-1, second leg next saturday at rfk stadium. >>> nfc east battle, eagles hosting the cowboys mike vick forced to leave with a concussion. 3rd 4th, there's the rookie nick foles making an nfl debut. he's downfield, jeremy maclin at the goal line, 44-yard completion with the score, eagles out front 14-10. 4th quarter, bad luck here, pass intended for desean jackson in, and out of his hands and off a cowboy defender a

>> and the other people trying to get in are the governors especially the delaware governor jack markell on a conference call with joe biden and a dozen mayors went to washington, d.c. to lobby lawmakers. are states more scared of going off the fiscal cliff? >> sure. state budgets would be impacted dramatically and very bad for them. governors are very concerned about cuts to education funding. we'll be hearing a lot more from the governors i am sure in the next week or so. >> how influential can they be on capitol hill some. >> extremely. everybody understands state government mostly delivers services, spends the money. a lot of the federal government, a lot of the federal budget is entitlement programs that are basically hazardous, so when you cut state spending you have a real effect on the economy and when you take away federal dollars for states, it can have a real real life impact on the ground. >> great onto see both of you. thank you. there is a heartbreaking story out of syria. antigovernment activists say at least eight children were killed in a bombing near damascus yesterday.

reverend markel hutchins. >>> if you didn't have power for weeks on end, should you pay for your electricitythe case for many victims of superstorm sandy. the "new york post" is reporting the long island power authority is sending out normal bills to its customers, zapping them for charges, even though they were left in the cold and dark for weeks on end. it's the latest in response to sandy. >> this is a crisis of epic proportions. this is a natural disaster. we are here as one community together to send a message. we've had enough. lipa is disgusting. the management of lipa should be fired from top to bottom. >> whoa. alison kosik joins me now from new york. wow. you have a response from lipa. what does it say? >> reporter: okay so what lipa is doing is trying to deflect outrage. lipa is telling us, because they had to use meter readers to help with the effort to restore power, that many residents received estimated bills instead of actual ones. and that their next actual meter reading will reflect the period they didn't have electricity. but still, people aren't happy. no surprise there.

take a look at this. 69 to 29 with jack markell taking that. mike pence walking away with the governor ship in indiana. nicks son and pence on that one. montana deef bullet take that g montana. new hampshire maggie haston take that go race. north carolina line knew moving on. 55 percent for the republican there in north carolina. north talk brian tae ryat ryan t go one. ue saw governor cook and herbert as you can see the republican taking that governor ship. we move on to vermont. democrats win there. washington state is next in the governor's race. there it is too close to call at this .51 to 4 percent we are going to keep an eye on that state for you. >> earl ray dom lynn walked away 51 to 46. >> did we put montana up again. close 49 to 47. we will let you know. 70 percent and we will et you know where the feek end spuls. >> our decision team is hard including florida. that may be days before we know. >>> no changing chads this time at all. >> exit polls show voters have the economy on their line but still deciding to give president obama to

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there are a lot of republican governors and characters like markell rubio who are already positioning themselves for 2016 -- marco rubio who already positioning themselves for 2016. so there is the current base of republicans in prominent positions that had been elected. what is the push back? >> 30 state governors are republican and that is a reflection of the fact that many low population places its governors. california had the democratic governor, new york, illinois. by population there is a lot of people covered by democrats but there -- but you are onto something. if you look at those governors, virginia as a good example, mcdonnell has not been a scorch and burn earth governor in terms of them -- in terms of negotiating with democrats. he took a look at ultrasounds and said no. this republican caucus at the national level would say yes to that. there is a different style to a lot of these governors in the way they covered. they do not talk about demon- crats. they know democrats. there is a little more bipartisanship in the virginia. for most of the country, there is less of th