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[ male announcer ] in a clinical study, over 80% of treated men had their t levels restored to normal. talk to your doctor about all your symptoms. get the blood tests. change your number. turn it up. androgel 1.62%. welcome back. we just got some news in from south africa, our bureau in south africa. 24 people according to police were killed in a bus crash. this is in the west province. it was a double-decker bus. the driver also killed when he lost control of the vehicle as he was approaching a curve. there were 67 passengers all part of a church group apparently. 24 people killed. we'll have more on that as we get it. meanwhile, that's it for me. thanks for watching "around the world." you're going to carry on however. >> that's right. we have much more straight ahead. thanks so much, michael. have a great weekend. >> you too. welcome to the "cnn newsroom." i'm fredricka whitfield. mitt romney will be speaking this hour at the conservative political action conference. his first major speech since the presidential election. live pictures right now outside of washington, d.c. in maryland. so would you also believe that there's trouble on another carnival cruise ship? yes, the second day in a row. and u.s. senator rob portman makes a stunning aboutface on same sex marriage after learning his son is gay. this is the "cnn newsroom." i'm fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux. topping our news day two at the conservative political action conference near washington and some of the republican party's biggest stars are speaking. congressman paul ryan talked about the federal budget. and donald trump had a word or two about immigration. >> when it comes to immigration, you know that the 11 million illegals even if given the right to vote, you know, you're going to have to do what's right, but the fact is 11 million people will be voting democratic. >> historically we've paid a little less than one-fifth of our income in taxes to the federal government each year. but the federal government has spent a lot more. so our budget matches spending with income. >> again, mitt romney is to speak this hour. his first since losing the presidential race. we'll go there live as he starts talking. but first let's bring in our brianna keilar who is at the conference in maryland. so, brianna, this is romney's first speech. highly anticipated. >> reporter: highly anticipated his first major speech, fredricka, since his loss in november. we saw him give an interview recently to fox news channel. but as you can imagine it's very different i think sitting down one-on-one with someone versus being here in an auditorium of so many people, literally could be thousands of people watching him here in national harbor, maryland. we're told by a source familiar with what he's going to say that his comments will be personal and that they will be forward looking. obviously his campaign -- he and his campaign weathered a whole lot of criticism for the loss in november. so it will be really interesting to see how he deals with that. because the theme of this whole conference even though we're seeing a little looking back with mitt romney being a speaker and sarah palin being a speaker tomorrow, the whole idea is conserve etism and specifically the future of the republican party. we'll be looking to see what his comments are on that, fred. >> so, brianna, i wonder what the conventional wisdom is about mitt romney appearing there and speaking because he's already said that he's going back into private practice particularly with his son. but this would seem like another political move. so which is it? >> reporter: i don't think for him personally this has -- this is really a political move. at this point we know that mitt romney is sort of out of politics at this point. he's taken a job at his son tagg's investment firm. and really the son says that it will be -- on his political career. i think more than anything it will be interesting what he gets into especially here before this audience where you remember he made a bit of a stumble last year at this conference talking about how he had been severely conservative. so it will be, i think, interesting to see exactly how much he kind of looks back. how reflective is he? does he talk about some of his regre regrets? in that interview recently he said those 47% comments, he said he didn't articulate them as he meant to. he said they were very damaging in his campaign. i think that's one of the things i'll be looking for is just how much reflection there is. is he sorry? does he express any regrets for some of what happened during the course of his campaign? >> and of course when we comes out of course we'll go to his comments live. brianna keilar live at national harbor, maryland, at the cpac convention. in the meantime a republican u.s. senator who voted against same sex marriage says he's had a change of heart. why? because he learned his son is gay. you may remember ohio senator rob portman was on the short list to be mitt romney's running mate. portman's office actually called our dana bash exclusively to tell her about it. dana bash joining us now from washington. so how did the conference go? >> very interesting, fredricka. first of all, just the idea that senator portman was going to come out and talk about something so personal and then obviously so difficult for a conservative politically to say that he was going to change his position on gay marriage, i have to tell you that he is somebody who is very press savvy. and he was very nervous. he clearly was uncomfortable for a lot of reasons. i think mostly because he was a dad and wanted to do right by his son. but i think one of the most fascinating parts of the conversation we spoke for almost 30 minutes was when he told me about the conversation he had with his son when his son first told him that he was gay. >> my son is very close to me and to my wife. and he -- he had worked on the campaign. so we got even closer during the campaign. and he came to me as a, you know, college freshman, and said after the campaign was over after i was already elected to the senate that he wanted to tell us that there was something about him we didn't know as well as we thought we knew him. and it hasn't of course changed our view at all of him. >> what was your reaction when he told you? >> love. support. you know, 110%. >> surprised? >> surprise, yeah. >> you had no idea? >> no idea. yeah. and, you know, again, that launched a process of rethinking the issue. and talking to him, you know, i also have gay friends and gay neighbors as most people do. and, you know, going through this rethinking of it, you know, led me to do a lot of reading. and again some time with folks who i respect, my own pastor and other religious leaders and just thinking about it and i've come to the conclusion that for me, personally, i think this is something that we should allow people to do, to get married and to have the joy and stability of marriage that i've had for over 26 years. i want all three of my kids to have it including our son who is gay. >> and one of the questions that i had is what he would say to a gay constituent in ohio who says this is great that he's sort of come our way on this issue, but where was he before he knew that his own son was gay? what about my rights no matter what senator portman's personal family issues are? and he said, you know what, i probably should have thought about this issue before. the one thing that's interesting about him is that he has voted consistently against gay marriage and all other issues relating to that. but he hasn't talked about it much. he's not one of those people who is very outspoken against gay rights issues. he's much more of a fiscal conserve tiff. and fredricka, he said he's going to stay that way. that's what brought him into public life, brought him into politics. he calls himself an economic wonk and he's going to stay that way even though he's obviously made a very political public splash with this reversal. >> and, dana, what about the timing? why now did he want to reveal his thoughts about this and his conversation with his son and reveals very personal details? >> it's a great question. because his son told him that -- told his parents that he was gay two years ago when he was a freshman in college. now he's a junior in college. and i asked that. and his answer was that it took him, the senator, a while to get to this place where he of course understood his son and loved his son from the beginning, but in terms of this policy issue, get to this place where he feels comfortable reversing himself. he spent a lot of time talking to his pastor and reread liviticus where they say should oppose on the sexuality. and so he finally got to that place which i think a lot of people can relate to because you see this around the country. but the other thing he said is that there are going to be a pair of supreme court cases before the supreme court in the next couple of weeks. and he knows he'll be asked about it. >> all right. dana bash, thanks so much in washington. there's more to dana's conversation with senator portman. you can catch it this afternoon on "the situation room" starting at 4:00 eastern time. hear why portman says he sought advice from former vice president dick cheney about his son. that's 4:00 today. "the situation room." another programming reminder to watch chief washington correspondent jake tapper's new show called "the lead" starting monday 4:00 eastern time right here on cnn. all right. now, a p.r. disaster that just keeps growing for carnival cruise lines. yes, yet another carnival ship is having problems now. this is the second one in just two days. this one is the legend cruise ship. it's having technical issues that are affecting its speed. because of that a scheduled stop in grand cayman in the caribbean, well, that's being scrapped. and the boat is now headed back to port in tampa, florida. this comes just a day after carnival's dream ship got stuck at port in st. maarten. an emergency generator gave out causing a few bathrooms to overflow and elevators to stop working. passengers are being given partial refunds and being flown back to florida now. some actually left today. others are waiting to be flown out from st. maarten. chris anders, wlo is a passenger and television news anchor from memphis is looking on the positive side of things. he was on that ship. >> we're stuck in st. maarten. it's absolutely a beautiful day. we're overlooking gorgeous turquoise waters, we have full amenities. we have electricity. we have working toilets, hot food, running water. i mean, there's nothing wrong with the ship. in fact i talked to some senior carnival officials who flew in on board yesterday and they said, look, the ship is fine. the ship works fine. what it is it's the emergency backup system. all of their systems are operational, it's the emergency backup system that's having the problems. and they, for obviously reasons, didn't want to risk going out into the ocean without those emergency backup generators and systems not working properly. >> last month a fire on board carnival's triumph stranded thousands of passengers at sea in horrible conditions for almost five days. all right. here's what we're working on for this hour. white house press secretary jay carney joins me live to discuss the president's handling of forced spending cuts and his upcoming trip to israel. plus, the stunning reversal -- actually, we're going to tell you also about more of the stunning reversal of thought and opinion on gay marriage from senator portman. >> and later, the adoption of a 32-year-old man that's got all of us talking and why it took so many years to happen. i have low testosterone. there, i said it. how did i know? well, i didn't really. see, i figured low testosterone would decrease my sex drive... but when i started losing energy and became moody... that's when i had an honest conversation with my doctor. we discussed all the symptoms... then he gave me some blood tests. showed it was low t. that's it. it was a number -- not just me. [ male announcer ] today, men with low t have androgel 1.62% (testosterone gel). the #1 prescribed topical testosterone replacement therapy, increases testosterone when used daily. women and children should avoid contact with application sites. discontinue androgel and call your doctor if you see unexpected signs of early puberty in a child, or signs in a woman, which may include changes in body hair or a large increase in acne, possibly due to accidental exposure. men with breast cancer or who have or might have prostate cancer, and women who are or may become pregnant or are breastfeeding, should not use androgel. serious side effects include worsening of an enlarged prostate, possible increased risk of prostate cancer, lower sperm count, swelling of ankles, feet, or body, enlarged or painful breasts, problems breathing during sleep, and blood clots in the legs. tell your doctor about your medical conditions and medications, especially insulin, corticosteroids, or medicines to decrease blood clotting. so...what do men do when a number's too low? turn it up! [ male announcer ] in a clinical study, over 80% of treated men had their t levels restored to normal. talk to your doctor about all your symptoms. get the blood tests. change your number. turn it up. androgel 1.62%.