i spoke with reverend william barber earlier this morning.esident of the naacp and a leading voice against the amendment. take a listen. >> how people feel is the conscience. the real question is, do we want to support voting on placing discrimination and hate and division in our constitution? do we want to follow groups like the research council, the organization of marriage who have said clearly in their own document that the goal of these types of amendments is not so much about marriage but splitting constituencies. do we want to follow those who have fought us in every area on voting rights, civil rights, cut public education by $1.6 billion. and now they want to ask us to cotify discrimination, to literally put it up for a vote people's constitutional rights to equal protection on the law. this is a very dangerous precedent. >> let me jump in, representative paul and her wife is working for the government. listen to this. >> the vast majority would not cover their child any way and in the handful of cities and counties if they reform at

we're waiting for the reverend william barber, the president of the naacp in north carolina. and gentlemen, you may have seen this video of him. he went to a news conference and really took a strong stance against the state considering this amendment. but michael, i want to start with what the governor said about people scratching their heads over where the president stands and even where she stands as her key state, a swing state, michael, decides on this amendment at this hour. >> you take a look at some of the data from nbc and the "wall street journal" and you see the numbers are shifting. that what was a 49-41 in opposition is now completely reversed in the last three years. my point is that if the president's position is evolving, he is not alone. he has a lot of company. i happen to share the suspicion that jake tapper's question brought out that he is probably evolved to being supportive of same sex relations but if he were to say so, he would jeopardize his election in north carolina and virginia and i think that's what this is all about. >> let's look at the numbers

. >> coming up 8:15 eastern time we'll speak with william barber, president of the north carolina naacp. he's a big supporter or a big opponent of the amendment one. we'll talk about that. >>> aside from the horses, they are some of the most famous images from the kentucky derby. they may be more functional than fashionable, find out why when reynolds wolf joins us next. >>> rocks falling from space, landing in california. guess what, they are whorth a lot of m-- worth a lot of money. >>> big hats, strong drinks and fast horses, can only mean one thing time for the kentucky derby. a gloomy forecast means it could be overshadowed by rain. what can folks expect? >> unfortunately more of the same of what they had yesterday. strong winds came through the area, heavy thunderstorms, with it, randi, over 100,000 people evacuated from the area. this morning as it stands, we have some rain now drifting south of part of the ohio valley, louisville not far from it, you have churchill downs, skies will clear out, in the afternoon as things heat up we might see more rain develop, possibly thundersto

if amendment 1 passes the polls suggest it will, critics like reverend william barber say it would invalidate civil unions and domestic partnerships same sex or not. >> aid bad law because it -- it's a bad law because it will hurt heterosexual families because it doesn't recognize any other domestic union. >> north carolina house majority union says an amendment is needed so judges can't overturn it. >>> a new report will be released today on the rising obesity rates in the country. it's pretty surprising. linda so is here to tell us what the numbers show. >> reporter: the report find 42% of the americans will be obese by the year 2030. the institute of medicine plans to release the report at a conference hosted by the cdc. it suggest an additional 30 million americans will be obese in 18 years. with levels rising at that rate it would cost additional $549.5 billion in medical cost. the study suggest about 11% of americans will be severely obese by 2030. meaning they would be 100 pounds overweightch the institute of medicine says more needs to be done faster to curb obesity rates. the report

joining me now, a leading voice against the amendment, reverend william barber, president of the northrolina naacp. reverend, good morning to you. thank you for being here. >> good morning. >> what concerns you most about amendment one? what is your fear if this amendment does pass tuesday? >> first of all, the naacp and our people's coalition of more than 125 organizations, how people feel about same-sex marriage religiously or personally is a matter of their conscience. but the real question here is do we want to support codifying and voting on placing discrimination and hate and division in our constitution. do we want to follow groups like the family research council that have been listed as a hate group who have said clearly that the goal of these type is not so much about marriage but about splitting democratic party constituencies. do we want to follow those who have fought us in every area on voting rights, civil rights, they cut public education by $1.6 billion. they tried to pass a voter i.d. law, tried to repeal the racial justice act, they have given money to the wealthy ra

joining us is reverend william barber, pastor of green leaf christian church, he has been an opponentwant to say the news conference with the clergy that were assembled around the state essentially that video has gone viral. a lot of people watching and in that you made the point here that this amendment you do not believe is about whether or not you believe in same-sex marriage, the morality of it but it's about whether or not the majority can determine the rights of the minority. can you explain your position? >> thank you so much, suzanne. yes. the naacp, the 102 branches in the state and our people's coalition, early on we said that this matter was not a matter of constitution but a matter of conscience, that we should not try to put discrimination, hate and division into the framework of our constitution. the reality is when you look at who is behind this, the family research council listed as a hate group by the southern law center t the national organization for marriage, that said by their own document that this was not so much about marriage but about the strategy to divide c

joining us is the reverend william barber pastor of green leaf church.d a chance to speak yesterday about this. first of all, what is your reaction? what is your response? because you felt like this would discriminate against not only gay couples but also against children of unmarried couples as well. >> clearly the family lawyers have said that this is bad public policy. we are concerned i'm the naacp president and a poster, that when you begin to put people's constitutional right up for a public vote, however you feel morally about the issue, that's a dangerous precedent and especially when it's being driven by the very people who are trying to suppress the vote, who are trying to do voter id., pass the most aggressive restricting plan we have seen. on the other hand, they want to use a popular vote to codify discrimination, hate, and division in our constitution. >> why do you suppose there weren't more people in your state who heard your view and agreed with it because it was slapped down pretty much by a pretty wide margin. >> they predicted 80/20,

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we came here to prince william county to talk to them. from the barber shop -- >> it makes me more energized to get out and vote. >> -- to the bowling alley and voters today weighed in on his change of heart. >> i think it will cost him some votes with some older people that might have been voting for him, but for the younger people equality might help him out. >> some people may not agree with it but they will vote for him because they agree with all the other good things that come along with him. >> voters we spoke to said even in conservative parts of the virginia, there are other issues voters care about more. >> i think health care is a big deal for me. >> gun control, there is concerned he is not as open- minded to second amendment rights as he could be. they are worried about the health care issue. >> other voters like tracy martin say they do care and are upset with president obama. >> i do not believe in gay marriages. the bible is man and woman and that is what i believe in. >> white house officials are anxiously waiting to see what polls will

william j. barber voice for marriage equality and nondiscrimination and for not persecuting different kinds of people. that uncovered story is true across the country. african-american political leaders and civic leaders have been strongly in support of all lgbt rights. >> it is interesting, because i feel that the press is focused on this and wanted to pick this fight of that the african-american versus the gay people, and if you look at the polling, and we talked about how much we wanted to talk about this today and it is overcovered and there is not a huge amount of difference of the black and the white voters an converging to the same point. and david sirota, what do you know now? >> real evidence that the american politics on these issues can change, and i know that from our own state legislature in colorado. we are having a civil unions fight, and the speaker shut down the entire legislature because he did not want to allow a vote on legalizing civil unions. the reason it got to the floor is beca

william j. robert barber from the naacp. >> thank you, melissa. >> reverend barber, it is lovely to speak to youd you were first foot soldier on the program in part because of your work against amendment one in north carolina. do two things for me. first, can you tell me about what amendment one is so that the viewers will know, and then i want to ask you why the naacp as a national organization does not take a holistic stance on the issue of same-sex marriage. >> well, first of all, melissa, thank you for allowing us to come on. this amendment is really an attempt to put to a poplar vote a constitutional rights of individuals. it is a dangerous precedent. it is a form of states rights trying to trump the 14th amendment, and even if equal protection clause in our constitution at the state level with the 21st century of nullification, is bad law, because every family lawyer, and law school, and experts from the law school have said it is bad and hurts heterosexual families and it will hurt domestic violence, and persons who experience domestic violence. >> let me clarify, and i want you to clarii