why he would have done this? i have no idea at all. and have you talked to your sister since she s been in custody, since she s been charged? no, they have not allowed her to have any phone calls. what are your thoughts on what your sister s been charged with? it s unreal. unreal, because my sister does not have the mental state. i mean, she has the mind like a 10-year-old. i m not defending her. she needs to stand accountable for her actions. but they need to do the whole investigation needs to be done. what kind of guy i mean, your sister is reported to have said that she feared for her life. what kind of guy was adam mayes? aggressive. abusive. crazy, obviously. did you ever suspect he was capable of something like this? no. and i have known him for 25-plus years. never dreamed he would do this. what was his relationship to these girls? again, that s not something that i can even answer. my sister has stated that she felt the two youngest girls
kidnapping are alive and safe at this hour. joining me now on the phone, cnn s martin savage and sunny hostin and on the phone, adam mayes sister-in-law, bobbi booth. martin, what do you know? this drama played out right in the same area where it took place. in other words, where the bodies were first discovered of joanne mai bain and adrienne bain. there were mississippi highway patrol special operation, s.w.a.t. team in other words, as well as mississippi game and fish. for reasons unclear at this particular point in time, there was a section of wooded area in that county where they were closing in on today and as they began to move in they say that they heard a single gunshot and when they came upon the scene they found that adam mayes was laying on the ground with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. but they found the two girls, ages 8 and 12 alive and well. that s the most important information. and we have this quote from a federal source on the scene. he say
ahead of tomorrow s big game in new york. a little bit of sun coming up on this friday may 11th. it will feel cool out there as you start your day. i m sarah simmons. i m will thomas. i think you will like the early start of your weekend. you ve been telling us all morning, get ready for good weather today. weather will cooperate not only today but most the weekend. even mother s day looks generally fine. glad we could do that for mom. low humidity and just a nice- looking friday here. let s kick it off with a look at our satellite-radar picture and not much radar to show you. we don t have much satellite either. we don t have any clouds. you get the idea. we have a nice looking forecast here although a little on the cool side if you are headed to the bus stop, walking to work. temperature are in the 30s and 40s for much of the area and here in town, we are currently 53 degrees actually little bit of a cool start. currently, 53 in washington. humidity, down, sarah, righ
important to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. reporter: president obama made the announcement wednesday in an interview with abc news. becoming the first sitting u.s. president to publicly support same-sex marriage. his remarks come on the heels of north carolina passing a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. and vice president biden s public support on meet the press on sunday. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual, men and women marrying are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties. mitt romney reiterated his long standing position on the issue after the president s interview. my view is that marriage itself is a relationship between a man and a woman, and that s my own preference. reporter: mr. obama once opposed same-sex marriage but says his stance on the issue evolved after conversations
should be able to get married. pretty strong words. pretty clear, too. dan lothian is live in washington, d.c. with us this morning. it took a long time for the president to evolve to this position. but why now? and why this way? that s right. well, the president had been under a lot of pressure to really state his position on this. and some top members of his administration over the last few days had come out and made their positions clear. and so the president finally came around on this after almost two years. he said after talking to his friends, his daughters and the first lady. me personally, it is important to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. reporter: president obama made the announcement wednesday in an interview with abc news. becoming the first sitting u.s. president to publicly support same-sex marriage. his remarks come on the heels of north carolina passing a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex