about the old testament down here in north carolina. north carolinians are plugged in on this issue, but there's a lot of confusion, and the language is meant to be fusing. the pro side has rebranded it the marriage amendment. but same-sex marriage is already illegal in north carolina. and a lot of people don't know that. but all of these pro forces want more. they want it on our constitution, because we are the only southern state that does not have it on our constitution at this point. >> yeah, blake talk about -- obviously we have heard these polls are kind of scary, the last public polling survey showed they are recording the amendment by 14 points. somebody said those who know what the amendment would do are against it but they are outweighed by the uneducated on it. >> it's all about education from this point, stephanie when people are asked the question. they will say i'm for the amendment. but when you tell them this defines marriage and prohibits civil unions and domestic partnerships, then they pull back a little bit. and even

. >> north carolina is an outlier.ut of 34 times when gay marriage has been defeated. didn't matter if bill clinton did robo calls and explained it had nothing to do -- how many times can you say something is illegal? it was already illegal. but that's never the point. this is about what karl rove said in 2004. you put these things on the ballot, they were on 12 ballots in 2004. that tipped the vote in ohio. you had a caller a minute ago who points out the president may say that he's evolving on this and he's struggling with it. but count on the fact that if this does depress african-american turnout, even by a couple of points, if he were to come out before the election and do what joe biden did on sunday and say it doesn't matter to me, then that's a problem for a potential mitt romney presidency. that's what we're dealing with. >> stephanie: so david if you were advising the president as you have campaigned since rutherford b. hayes, what would you tell him on the issue of marriage equality? >> i told rutherford b.

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we don't have those in north carolina. we have a handful of cities and counties out of the 625 cities and counties that have what they call domestic partner benefits. but the measure would not prohibit those cities and counties frombenefits if they do it in a different way. objective criteria, who lives in the household. >> but if it's the same in the end, if you have to say these benefits go to someone who pays rent in my house or someone i share my home or roommate, there is still a partner, so in the if they get the benefit why all the fuss going through this? >> well, i don't consider it a fuss at all to re-establish marriage in north carolina as one man and one woman. also prohibits polygamy. that is the best environment for raising children in a society. >> what many people don't seem to know, amendment one would dissolve partnerships of straight couples. >> i don't know what you mean by that. the amendment specifically allows contracts between individuals to be enforced if you would tell me what you mean i could add

so everybody is safe in north carolina this morning. whoo!>> they stopped evolution for another year. >> we're going to stop evolution from happening. >> we can't let it happen. >> i'm not though. i'm going to the middle of the country. i'm going to minneapolis. >> right you are. >> stephanie: i'm going to minnesota. >> downtown at one of the theatres. >> stephanie: you know what? everybody likes to bring a dish to pass when we do sexy liberal in minneapolis. kate and rad made their own promo. let's see my lovely talented girlfriend asked me to send promo. >> hello. high ya, sandy. oh yeah, i'm ready for the sexy liberal show. i even shaved my legs this month. ya! because you know i got the v.i.p. meet and grope tickets. ya, you betcha i did! oh, did you hear that stephanie is single now? ya! ya! ya! i don't think she would be interested sandy. i hear she likes them real young. like lindsay lohan young and pretty. okay then. i'll see you about noon on saturday. we gotta get that sexy on early. whoop whoop. stephanie miller sexy liberal at sta

and north carolina has a demmic governor. don't think there has been enough education around -- about it. and the fact that they already have a gay ban in place. this is basically republican mischief, and in 2004 the fact that there was gay marriage on the ballot in a number of places including ohio a lot of democrats think that kerry would have won ohio if that gay marriage issue wasn't there. this issue can burn. i don't think it can burn as much as it did in '04, but in selective places it is very important to people and i think that if -- if the president gets out too far in front, it hurts him with swing voters with african-americans, with hispanics. they are not as far out on this issue as a lot of us urban dwellers. >> richard lugar has lost in his primary to richard murdoch. if you can tell us the impact of that and really the tea party side of it. >> the tea party has lost a lot -- lot of its strength i think but it can still be powerful in a lot of places -- >> and richard lugar was the longest-serving republican --

host: we'll go to our north carolina line for our voters in north carolina.avid is waiting on the independent line. he wants to talk to our pope. caller: good morning. i am an independent thinker. long time resident of north carolina. you have not really mentioned the onslaught that conservatives had to withstand from the media. just a few years ago, we had our first republican governor in north carolina. now have a republican legislature. all we are trying to do is level the field of ideas. i think you have been instrumental in doing that. i wonder seeking comment about the other forces that are impacting, if you well, the media, the newspapers. people like that. i will hang up. thank you. guest: well, in north carolina, like in many states, at the national level, our main newspapers do strongly leaned liberal or democratic. for years, the only endorsed democratic candidates. occasionally, now they endorse republicans. the media is predominately for liberal policies and of the democratic party. we have had a situation where the left started attacking republi

we've had a huge early turnout good nor north carolina and voters.the end of the day we'll know. we have seven or eight more hours of voting and i'm urging everybody to get out and vote no in north carolina. this hurts our brand. our state has been known around america and around the world as a prossive leader, inviting state. the hub of business and opportunity. this is bad for business. >> do you think that the democratic party should hold its convention in this state if it ends up passing a constitutional amendment like this? let me ask you this? do you think charlotte if this amendment was on the books works that have cost charlotte the democratic convention? >> no. charlotte was chosen because of the spirit of north carolina, and because the president and his team really has, had great experience in this state. nobody thought he could carry this state in 2008. he's going to carry the state in 2012. the conventional going to give a lot of people an opportunity to see north carolina. it will give us a showcase around the world a great place to com

in north carolina, the focus is on an amendment to ban gay marriage in the state of north carolina even though it's already banned there. much of the campaign against the aents-gay amendment has focused on the fact that it's language would not just ban marriage rights for same sex couple, it would ban all legal rights for all unmarried couples in the state. there are hundreds of thousands of unmarried couples who have some recognized legal status whether it's around child custody or police and prosecutor being able to protect you against domestic violence. that point about unmarried couples who aren't gay, that point said the anti-gay amendment will hurt them in north carolina by making the state an unattractive place to recruit top talent to work, those arguments and not the gay rights arguments were the focus of this robo call from bill clinton. >> i'm calling to urge you to vote against amendment one. fp it passes it won't change north carolina's law on marriage. what it will change is north carolina's ability to keep good businesses, attract new jobs and attract and keep talented en

this as north carolina votes today on defining marriage as being only between a man and a woman. >>> and the scramble to find out what al qaeda is up to in the wake of a yemen plot to blow up planes in the u.s. using a device undetectable by those airport security scanners. what it means for flyers here at home. >>> and astounding new statistics on obesity in america, the price tag in terms of health costs staggering. >>> hi, everybody. i'm thomas roberts. a lot on the agenda this morning. we get straight to it. now that he's off the campaign trail, it appears that rick santorum is a late-night kind of guy. his first appearance since endorsing former rival mitt romney will be later today on "the tonight show" with jay leno. santorum's written endorsement was also released while many of you are probably sleeping. he didn't get to the actual endorsement part until paragraph 13. in that part he wrote, above all else, we both agree that president obama must be defeated, the task will not be easy, it will require all hands on deck if our moum is to be victorious. joining me for today's po

chairman steele, i want to remind everybody about north carolina voting today on amendment one. that defines marriage between a man and a woman. the president hasn't taken a firm stance on marriage equality. but he has come out against amendment one. if the president does voice support of marriage equality, does he risk alienating voters in key battleground states like north carolina, florida, virginia? >> yes, he does. that's the political calculation here. i would agree with my friend jonathan capehart on the substance of it in terms of what the president should do. we all know where he stands. this idea floating around washington that the president is going to come out for supporting gay marriage after the election is just inane. people looking for principle leadership, if it's a part of your core, we expect you to stand firm in it, regardless of what the polls say or how a particular group in a battleground state may interpret it. the reality is right now, the country is looking for principled leadership as much as people want to jam up mitt romney on what happened in that l

lived in north carolina and in the south couldn't borrow from companies in the north. to happen is they built up community banks and those community banks became larger and with some of the changes that happened in the late 1980's to allow banks to combine across state lines, north carolina banks were much more aggressive at doing that and that's why we've seen the proliferation of that industry in our city. and in our state. as we've gone through this recession, charlotte has taken a punch. we lost about 13,000 jobs in the financial services industry between march of 2007 and december of 2009 but we have recovered. and we are actually starting to see some of the smaller financial services companies coming into our city, snapping up the great talent that we have and we look forward to seeing more growth over time. host: mayor anthony foxx joining us from charlotte, day four of a six day c-span bus tour as we crisscross the state and talk to young people about issues important to them in this campaign. here's another point of view. >> influencing both my political views

it is election day in north carolina.e decide if the state should become the 31st with a constitutional amendment that says marriage should be between a man and a woman. it has been hotly contested with spending by both sides topping $3 million. it's a lot of money to ban same-sex marriage. especially since it's already been banned. that's right. the state already banned gay marriage in 1996. and this amendment doesn't just reban it, it also rurts civil unions and domestic partnerships for straight couples as well as for gay ones. one of the most vocal opponent of the amendment has been democratic governor bev perdue, who called it bad for families in an ad released last month. but unfortunately, it is just the latest extreme proposal she's had to fight back against. republicans of north carolina have been on a right wing thrill ride since taking over the state legislature in 2010. but governor purdue has vetoed a record 16 bills to protect the people in her state. bills with new abortion restrictions. a voter id bill. an

i've lived in north carolina all my life. i'm also a licensed attorney.upreme court judges here in north carolina are some of the most conservative in the country. they won't be coming out to activate against gays and lesbians in the state. they will be -- as it will be for 150 years in the state a statute banning same-sex marriage and reaffirmed again 15 years ago. so there are two state statutes banning same-sex marriage. and for us, this isn't about marriage. it's about protections being threatened for all unmarried couples in the state as a result of an overreaching amendment that we're voting on here today and hopefully voting against. >> the country's attitudes on gay marriage seem to be changing as well. in a "wall street journal" poll three years ago, 41% said they approved it. now it's reversed. among african-americans specifically, the biggest jump from 32% to 50%. does this amendment that's being proposed there in north carolina, does it go against the changing tide in this country, jen? >> obviously public opinion has shifted considerably, eve

there could be fallout in north carolina., yes, they also blow they can make up for that with young voters, the president kicked off the rallies on saturday kicking off the campaign, two college campuses. and the college democrats and college republicans often oppose each other but coming together on an issue like same-sex marriage and something to watch, african-american turn out. if you look at poll this is a significant majority of african-american voter whose do not support same-sex marriage. obviously they are counting on a big turn out among the african-american voters. the white house insists it will not hurt town out with african-american voters but that is something to watch. >>neil: great reporting, ed. where is romney? he is expected to take questions from reporters and this will come out, oklahoma city, i apologize and he will take questions on this, no doubt, and mitt romney will also be my special guest on this show tomorrow. and the race was already mechanic -- neck and neck. do you take the focus off the econo

been together 45 years will share their reaction to the north carolina north carolina vote to ban marriageality and today's announcement by the president. they will share that, along with zack walls, who will give us his reaction and both of his mother's reactions. and the rewrite tonight, the fox news host who says president obama is on the right side of history. coming up. [ male announcer ] at home, you play a lot of roles. [ son ] mom, computer's broke! where's i.t. mom? she quit. [ male announcer ] even with technology -- it's all you. that's why you've got us. get up to $200 dollars off select computers. staples that was easy. today training depends on technology. and when it takes a battery, there are athletes everywhere who trust duracell. they rely on copper to go for the gold. duracell. trusted everywhere. i'm here to unleash my inner cowboy. instead i got heartburn. [ horse neighs ] hold up partner. prilosec isn't for fast relief. try alka-seltzer. it kills heartburn fast. yeehaw! ♪ power surge, let it blow your mind. [ male announcer ] for fruits, veggies and natural green tea

band in north carolina. thirty states constitutions of their states gay people don't have a right to marry. there's a culture war waged. as much as i think president obama did make a courageous move, there's still a lot of work to be done. >> megan, you make a great point here. karen i want to throw this out to you. we talk about the roll of african-americans and what they played in the roll of passing in north carolina, the voting there two to one to put the wording into the constitution of north carolina that marriage is between one man and one woman. you have family there, encouraged them to get out and defeat this. you also talked about the fact interracial marriage was outlawed in north carolina. do you think the president's decision is going to affect african-american turnout in those states like north carolina where he won 95% of the black vote back in '08. >> i think african-americans are going to -- even those who may disagree with the president on this issue and frankly any voter who disagrees with

north carolina is very much mixed, it's changing.why they want to have the convention there. and attitudes are changing in north carolina as they are everywhere else. but you have strong groups who will turn out against these kinds of measures. you have strong groups who will turn out for, if the circumstances are right. and the balance between the two, as we saw with this vote, doesn't always match the national polling. the national polling is moving in one direction. but you can get one cycle, one state where it moves badly against you. >> while this is percolating over here on the left, on the right, mitt romney having his own set of problems. rick santorum last night on jay leno, his first appearance since endorsing mitt romney via e-mail and he couldn't help but rip into the so-called romneycare of massachusetts. >> with romneycare, he was the author of that. and that was clearly a predecessor to obamacare that -- it's going to be harder for him to make that case. certainly i would have been a better person to make the case. but

north carolina. those are all states that are crucial to the president's re-election bid. now, with this position he has taken today, he is on the other side of the majorities in the states, voter whose voted to ban same sex marriage. also, while this is an evolution in then senator obama, the candidate, and president obama, in his early statements, as a candidate for state senator in illinois in 1996 he filled out a questionnaire at newspaper saying "i favor legalizing same-sex marriage," so this is full circle from where he was in 1996. >>shepard: a last the country has made it, as well. i am curious whether you believe in this time of rising debt and medical issues and all the rest, if republicans would go out on a limb and try to make this a campaign issue while sitting very firmly without much question on the wrong side of history? >>bret: i don't about that. you point to the poll, 50-48 which is very close and you are right, there has been an evolution on people's thinking but you still look at 32 states when put to a vote, a referendum in those states, and most rece

he's outside the courtroom in greensboro, north carolina. we have our jeffrey toobin, senior legal analyst, helping us along, along with ray lynn johnson and as well as our own sun yib hostin who has been good enough to join us. joe, first to you. it's hard to do it quickly, i know, and briefly. bring our viewers up to speed what we know right now and what we're waiting for. >> reporter: what we know is this is a six-count indictment against john edwards and the jury has indicated to the judge in the courtroom that they have reached a verdict on count three of that six-count indictment. that count three relates to a charge of accepting illegal campaign donations in the year 2008 from rachel "bunny" mellon, a 101-year-old woman who lives in upperville, virginia, very rich, it's right outside of middleburg, virginia, and she had taken upon herself to give jon edwards several hundred thousand dollars which according to one of her friends was griffin for a personal reason, though the prosecution has always contended that john edwards and others

with the north carolina afl-cio, the most dangerous man in north carolina.w would you explain your role today? guest: well, i do not think i am a dangerous man. the democrat party has always outspent the republican party. during the 2000 election, the democrat party can it spent about $14.70 million to the $7 million by the republicans. in the 2010 election, the democratic party spent $15.3 million compared to the $6 million by republican candidates. they outspent republicans by 25%, but in 2010, the voters voted, and this was breaking the legislature. i have made contributions. alternatives to growing government. and i have engaged in a campaign to educate the voters on where the incumbent candidates stand on the issue. host: give us a sense about how much you have been involved on the financial side? the state legislature, as well. this is from the center of responsive politics. this is about money and politics. the research found that the family contributed about $390,000 to federal candidates since 1990, with every cent of that going to republicans. that

north carolina can do better. against amendment one. >> stephanie: thank you. ♪ let's hear it for the boy ♪ >> stephanie: it would take away hospital visitation rights from unmarried straight couples as well. it is a slippery slope when you start deciding who can you can take rights away from. >> it is taking away rights that people are already afforded in north carolina. >> stephanie:y which is why it was a big deal here in california. tarin in los angeles. >> caller: i'm in support of gay rights and marriage equality. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: but i also want to say that hypocritical as it may be, black people are seriously religious. we want to rob a black neighborhood, you need to come on sunday between 8:00 and 1:00 p.m. >> stephanie: let me write that down. >> caller: it is a religious thing for a lot of african-americans but i also wanted to say gay does not equal tolerance. gay does not equal nonprejudice. so i think a lot of gay people voted for mccain in the last election. it doesn't necessaril

some of the in north carolina with the reverend william barbara.erms of dialog. >> you get the last word for the segment and howard fineman gets to have all of the fun at romney head quarters today. >> thank you. >>> coming up, fox nation declared president obama has declared war on marriage. then an extraordinary thing. a fox news coast declares president obama to be -- his words -- on the right side of history. in tonight's rewrite. >>> and two north carolina women who have been together for 45 years will join me along with zach walls, the man's whose plea to iowa legislators on marriage equality was seen on this program and everywhere on the internet. coming up. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. with these new

debated vote happening today in the swing state of north carolina. the state already banned same sex marriage but today's vote is to create a constitutional amendment defining marriage as being between a man and a woman. while the issue is focused in north carolina today, the results could send shock waves right up to the general election. it comes as we started off this week with the obama administration taking an intense hammering over where the president stands on same sex marriage as he, quote, evolves. and just a few hours ago, the white house press secretary jay carney was asked to clarify the president's position. he again stated the president has an unparallel record on gay rights. this of course came after yesterday's constant questioning at the press briefing. >> as you know, he said that his views on this were evolving. his personal views on this were evolving. i would say that his views are evolving. his views have not changed. i don't have an update for you. i don't have an update to provide you. i have no update to give you. the vice pr

last night, voters in north carolina banned same-sex marriage. other key battleground like virginia. the state states that banned ite 101 electoral votes. >> bret: there will be more on this with the panel. ed henry, thank you. six states and issue of columbia issue marriage license to same-sex couples. two other states pass legislation that hasn't taken effect. there are same-sex marriage bills pending in two other states, illinois and rhode island. 41 states have statutes defining marriage as between one man and one woman. >>> house speaker john boehner is not making a big deal of the president's announcer today. he talked with gerri willis of the fox business network. >> i think he made his position clear. i have always believed that marriage was between a man and a woman. republicans are focused in on the economy. american people are asking the questions where are the jobs? our focus is on the economy like it has been for the last year-and-a-half. >> bret: mitt romney asked about the president's gay marriage shift today. seemed to be cautious

do you think they're regretting selecting north carolina?'t know if they're necessarily regretting it. they may be rethinking it at this point. i think they would have liked some of these controversies not to have taken place in addition to what you listed there. one of the other bubbling issues has been the sexual harassment scandal within the democratic party. you have a governor there who is now running for re-election because she would have been vulnerable. all of those wouldn't have been a focus had they chosen some place else. at the same time, this is an expand the map strategy. they'll try to use activists and young voters to organize and that's what they used the convention for in 2008 and they're hoping to do again with north carolina. >> thank you very much. get ready for a battle over "star wars," yes, the ease coast version. we're talking about a recently unveiled republican plan for a new missile defense shield on the east coast. among the sites being discussed ft. drum in up state, new york, joint the two sites on the west coa

so the democratic party watching, i think, north carolina, very carefully. >> he had north carolina lastrely, but had it. we'll see how that plays out. >>> the defense in the john edwards case is gearing up for its own presentation set to begin tomorrow or possibly friday. >> it's still unclear when the most highly anticipated witness will be called to the stand. abc's scott goldberg is joining us with the latest testimony. good morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning rob and sunny. maybe today will be the day that the jury hears directly from rielle hunter. she did not take the stand yesterday. instead the jury heard testimony that even after his affair with her made headlines, john edwards still thought he had a bright future in politics. late in the afternoon, wendy button, a former speechwriter for john edwards, testified the former presidential candidate knew a wealthy benefactor, fred baron, was spending money to cover up the affair with rielle hunter and support the baby edwards had with her. it's something edwards has long denied and it could turn out to be pivotal testimony. e

north carolina is a state obama won by narrow margin. 14,000 votes in 2008.ts of winning it again in 2019 i think are gone -- 2012 i think are gone. 30 states. same-sex marriage, gained a little support, getting a lot of support, but it's not a majority position for americans who express themselves more honestly in the voting booth than talking to pollsters. >> bret: do you think it's a net wash? >> no. >> bret: negative? >> a net negative. maybe only slightly. it will stir the base. as somebody here was saying. the base of the democratic party. but it's, look, social issues matter. people care about them deeply. this one will hurt rather than help obama. >> bret: casey, mitt romney talking about the article by the "washington post." expansive article about the allegations of his, allegation he singled out a fellow tune some said was gay. he cut his hair. verbal and physical abuse. this is how he answered it yesterday. >> i don't recall the incident myself. i have seen the report. not going to argue with that. no question but i did stupid things whence i was