bret: looking like at capitol hill. same sex marriages and interracial marriages on its way. today the house gave final approval to that bill that had already passed the senate it. requires all states to recognize same sex marriages. it also protects as mentioned in interracial unions by requiring states to recognize legal marriages regardless of sex, race ethnicity or national oregon. the president is expected to sign into law. chuck schumer has been unanimously elected for another term as the democratic leader of the senate president biden is bend e. spending nearly 36 billion taxpayer dollars to sure up a financially troubled union pension fund, a plan the aid is intended to stop severe cuts to the retirement incomes of more than 350,000 teamsters