the naacp and the court's authors are careful to note they're not trying to mark the whole movement as racist. but e tea party leaders need to distance themselves from the fringe but two weeks to election day, it leaves election watchers to wonder how much is political. >> 13 days to election day. to to white house right now where president obama is taking dramatic action that could outrage the gay community and many supporters. the justice department filed a request with the ninth circuit court of appeals to stop an order allowing gay troops to serve openly in the military. suzanne malveaux is monitoring all of this for us. people are understandably confus confused. the president wants to do away with the policy of "don't ask don't tell," but today, he's going to go through the justice department and saying keep it in place for now.