we see years new jersey illinois new mexico all done away with the good schools. and i think they're normal students who don't follow suit i think that's ultimately were you that of course we're seeing and becoming more difficult for a lot of states to even carry out executions as pencils and available anymore in a lot of european countries block you know them being able to access i think i made aware of their tale i think i said polish meant that abolition it happens and t.v. craig i want to thank you very much for joining us here you're very welcome thanks for having. so the concert and eighteen t.v. pundit says that jon stewart's audience audience is dealt a cycle time and said i'm going to be awarded a pulitzer prize another clear attack happens stick around for all that i am one day vision of how to. ensure that only a military victory is a good deal to bring justice or accountability. i have every right to know what my government should do if you want to know why i pay taxes. but i would characterize obama as a charismatic version of american exceptionalism.

beginning to move the country as a whole away from this policy as i'm sure you know in recent years new jersey illinois and new mexico all are done away with this. and i think a number of states will follow suit and i think there's alternately we're early and of course we're seeing it becoming more difficult for a lot of states to even carry out executions sodium thiopental isn't available anymore in a lot of european countries block you know them being able to access the drugs i think i made up over there too i think it's out of polish mint and that of abolition it happens and through the great i want to thank you very much for joining us you're very welcome thanks for. so a confident and eighteenth t.v. pundit says that jon stewart's audience audience is doubtful he sighed full time and said i'm going to be awarded a pulitzer prize plus another deliberate attack out stick around for all of our nation's capital. into that only a military mechanisms to deal with the to bring justice or accountability. i have every right to know what my government should do if you want to know why i think taxes. but i w

to move the country as a whole away from this policy as i'm sure you know in recent years in new jersey illinois new mexico all done away with the death. and i think a number of states are going to follow suit and i think that's ultimately were it and of course we're seeing at becoming more difficult for a lot of states to even carry out executions as. an available anymore and a lot of european countries blocked off you know them being able to access the drug i think i made up a word there too i think i said abolishment instead of abolition it happens sometimes david craig i want to thank you very much for joining us you're very welcome thanks for having. me still to come tonight and eighteen t.v. pundit says that jon stewart's audience audience is dumb can't say i've told time where i answered i'm going to be of one of the pulitzer prize plus another clear attack out and stick around for all that on monday edition of happy hour. more news today. flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing up for a shelter all day. are it's time for tonight's too

new jersey, illinois, hawaii, california, nevada, washington and oregon out on the west coast.ally? gallup has a recent poll that shows 53% of americans say, yes, same-sex couples should be allowed to marry. 45% of americans say no. if you look, gallup breaks it down by party affiliation. 69% of democrats say yes. that's up a bit from last year. 59% of independents say yes, same-sex couples should be allowed to marry. but look at the number among republicans. fewer than 3 in 10 republicans say yes. same-sex couples should be allowed to marry. 28% of republicans say yes. this year, exactly the same number a year ago. so will there be a national impact from new york's same law allowing same-sex marriage. christine quinn is the speaker of the new york city council and for years has advocate forward this. two years ago i visited with her in her home to discuss it. madam speaker, congratulations. why the difference? two years ago you talked about the fear of the unknown. you came up a few votes short. what happened? what made the difference? >> i think what made the difference is no

dropped more than 1,000 credit card collection lawsuits in states including new york, new jersey, florida, illinoisalifornia. since april. lawyer for debt collection cases in florida tells the "wall street journal" it's being dropped because of paperwork irregularity. chase and other creditcard issues are used fraud leapt documents to collection. a source tells bloomberg new york, california, texas and ohio are in early stages of investigation in the dominance of the internet. you might see a drop in gas prices, but it might not last. regular unleaded could fall to $3.40 a gallon. because of decision to tap in reserves. am lists say the drop may be short-lived because of unrest in the middle east. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king with the bloomberg business report. >>> authorities say a south san francisco man who took a woman's dog from the arms last week will not be prosecuted because the dog belonged to a man at one point. an investigation revealed that the dog was the man's lost pet from a year ago. it had turned up in an animal shelter where cynthia adopted it and nursed it to hea

quietly withdrawn 1,000 credit card debt collection lawsuits since april in california, illinois, new york, new jerseyhe bank is refusing to confirm or deny the case telling the journal it continues the debt collection strategy propriety. the dow, s&p and nasdaq were lower here today. not by a lot. but we've got markets trading to the downside here. several days this week. the silicon valley index is also lower. oracle running into problems selling hardware. look what it is doing to the stock. it turns out the largest maker of data base software may not benefit as much as predicted from the acquisition of sun micro systems. hardware sales are down 6%. this is to give you the shock this might be. in march they predict a 6-12% sales increase. on a conference call, oracle is saying the sales may rebound in the current quarter that ends in august. men, cleaning up their act. though most ads about house cleaning target women. mental research say men do most of the household cleaning jumped to 31% from 17%. five years ago. live at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king. bloomberg news. >> it's easy to s

i said next up to follow here, maryland, maine, minnesota, illinois, hawaii, washington, delaware and new jersey, it may happen soon, or it's going to be at least coming up for some consideration here. the interesting thing, though, a lot of people say they want this because they want the same tax breaks and benefits as heterosexual couples. but that only applies to the states. does that apply federally? >> no, and that's a very big problem for same-sex couples. marriage is governed by the state. so when you are in a state that absolute recognizes the same-sex marriage, you have no problem. but if you were to move from new york to california you would have a problem and you would also have a problem when you're filing your federal income tax with the irs because it's not recognized at the federal level. >>> new york is now the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage, it joins, massachusetts, connecticut, iowa, vermont and new hampshire. the district of columbia also allows same-sex marriages. >>> more than 1,500 people have died in syria since march. [ chanting ] . >>> and later on here on cnn

and that's why states like illinois, new york, new jersey, new mexico all within the past few years haved any more money-a bollish it, it's really not doing anything for the safety of society. >> kent, you've said the process should be streamlined to save money, but others argue that if you just choose life in prison then the costly appeals process, all the lawyers, all those days in court wouldn't take place. what do you say to them? >> it's not true that the appeals process couldn't take place at all. a life without parole sentence is still a sentence. the person is still entitled to paem. he can still file habius corpus petitions. and as far as the guilt phase of the trial goes, there really is no moral justification for spending a penny less if a person's going to be sentenced to life without parole to make sure he's properly convicted than if he were to be sentenced for death. the additional expense comes primarily from reviewing over and over and over again the decision on the choice of punishment. and we simply don't need as many reviews as we have. >> so richard, what's the answe

illinois and was found not guilty. he was also charged with assault in new jersey.nies he impersonated a police officer or that he was had a protective order to keep him away from a 13-year-old girl. it will be interesting today to see how he answers these questions and what he has to say before d.c. city council members. >>> thank you, surae chinn outside the wilson building and we'll follow this throughout the day. >>> after sunrise the search will resume in montgomery county's tridelphia reservoir for a missing swimmer believed to have drowned. authorities say 21-year-old bruce yanson, was one of three people when a drop in the water level caused him to panic and apparently go under. searches have failed to turn up his body. swimming is prohibited in that reservoir. >>> funeral services have been set for a mother and daughter found dead last week. investigators say 20-year-old would i net at that wright was killed by her baby's father, d.c. police officer richmond phillips on the night before paternity hearing when the two met at a prince george's county park. ja

the european commission jersey illinois but also recently described relations between moscow and brussels as they couldn't be better and optimism is built largely around russia's new policy is present the various quest for modernization and some key major agreements reached between moscow and brussels over the past few months like russia's accession to the world trade organization something which both the european union and moscow will benefit from in december last year after some seventeen years of being in membership talks with this one hundred fifty three nation club russia at the moment is the only major economy which is still outside the group so finally after seventeen years in december brussels gave its formal yes to russia's w t o and tribute and now these two day talks will formally clear the way for the country to finally join the world trade organization and moscow hopes that all formalities will be sorted out before the end of summer there is still there are some key differences still dividing brussels and likely now another priority for this on the strictest sense will be european security of course and the topic will be debated in connection with the

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new jersey 430,000, the state the president wants to have. pennsylvania 366,000 puerto ricans. connecticut and illinois states he should have especially illinois his home state. look at these other two. ohio, 94,000 puerto ricans that is a state a must have for this president. virginia is something he flipped from the republican column to the democratic column for the first time since lbj. so you look at these states. clearly the president is reaching out to some of those voters with this visit to puerto rico. i think back to the trip to europe a few weeks back where the president found out he had some irish roots. many irish american voters he was reaching out to. as far as we know the president has no puerto rican roots but i'm sure his political advisers were checking that out just to be sure. >> you never know. chicken and rice it works perfectly. both cultures. why has it taken five decades for another president to make an official visit? of course five decades ago, it was john f. kennedy and his wife that step foot there in puerto rico. >> reporter: big visit then. lbj stopped in in 1968. he stop

new jersey and other north eastern cities. some classes for canceled. some cooler air moved in last night but that created thunderstorms which may continue today. >>> the political corruption case of impeached illinois governor rob blagojevich is once again in the hands of jurors. they are expected to begin deliberations this morning. blagojevich's first trial ended in a hung jury. in this retrial, he faces 20 charges including attempted extortion and conspiracy to commit bribery. >>> time is 5:46. we are hear the 911 tapes from the day a man fired a gun in a big five store. >> he's walking back toward me. oh my god he just fired. he just fired. >> shots fired. >> he just fired. he's walking back toward me. >> what is he shooting at? >> i don't know i just got underneath the desk. >> the police arrived moments later and shot and killed 22- year-old robin miranda. miranda padlock the the front door. he took the fun from a display case and fired several shots. >>> now we posting that entire 911 call. you can fine it under the bay area thus tab. >>> nearly months after that tsunami some boat owners are still waiting for repairs. the march 11th tsunami sung hundreds of boats and caused damage to hundred

new jersey, 100 years old today. and as a young boy -- hello, one of those buzzers in his hand. a prankster. john gaines, chicago, illinoisary doctorate. how about that? that's wonderful. at that age. any age that's good. rita, i love rita, reita carpenter, beverly hills, florida, 105, another 105. remains active in church and regularly takes good care of her little garden. i'll tell you, and watches the "today" show. elizabeth guthier, and she is from northbridge, massachusetts. 110. how about that? good, healthy life. and get your hair done every single week and enjoys going to the casino. they've got good ones up there. william and mona braun, and they're from omaha, nebraska, where lawrence welk used to play live. 75 years they've been married, secret to longevity is success of marriage is making sacrifices. that's a nice one. and loving each other more than you can imagine. that's it, that's all. now back to new york. >>> all right, willard, thank you so much. coming up, we're going to get details on a death-defying stunt by a daring high-wire artist. but first, this is "today" on nbc. nbc. at progressive, you can bu

new jersey. mr. menendez: mr. president, first of all, i didn't come to the floor for this purpose, but i would be remiss if i didn't thank the distinguished senator from illinois, the democratic whip, for his incredible commitment and passion to this issue. i've seen him just about every session take out time every day to both dramatize and put a human face on this opportunity to turn some of america's greatest prospects into opportunity prosperity for this entire country. and i am thrilled that he has adopted various of my lines, and i'm honored by it. but it is true, these young people came to this country through no choice of their oefpblt the only -- their own. the only country they have known is the united states of america. they put their hand on their heart and pledge allegiance to the united states, the only national anthem they have ever learned to sing or believe in is ""the star-spangled banner"." and we have a tremendous opportunity. i want to thank the distinguished senator for his incredible commitment to this, and i appreciate it very much. i've to the floor, mr. president, to talk about something else that i very passionately believe in, and th