party is employing is a destructive one. that pits americans against each other. rich versus poor. men versus women, never have we seen such an toward divide the american people and an effort to win the election as we have seen today. president obama will head to joplin, missouri tomorrow to head the commencement address at a local high school there. the president last visited joplin a year ago, days after a massive and deadly tornado hit. in other news, the board of the naacp, the nation s most prominent civil rights group, has passed a resolution on saturday endorsing same-sex marriage as a civil right. the resolution also opposes any efforts to quote codify discrimination or hatred into law. their formal announcement of the endorsement will be tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. joining me for more front-page politics, editor of the cq roll call daily briefing david hawkings and real clear
some say future spy separatioop could be in jeopardy. russia s newest civilian passenger jet, one of the planes took off from an airport in indonesia on a demonstration flight. it was supposed to return after 30 minutes. it did not and now there has been no contact with the pilot. at least 37 people were on board. there s no word on what has happened. same-sex couples in north carolina are facing uncertainty today after voters approved a constitutional ban on gay marriages. let no one define your marriage for you. opponents say the ban amounts to discrimination. the amendment defines marriage as between a man and a woman. the head of the group that supported the amendment says, quote, we are not anti-gay. we are pro-marriage. 61% voted for the amendment, 39% voted against it. and a bomb went off in syria today near a convoy carrying united nations observers. none of the u.n. team was hurt but several syrian security people went to the hospital. senator dick lugar
that the white house and this party is employing is a destructive one. that pits americans against each other. rich versus poor. men versus women. never have we seen such an effort to divide the american people. and an effort to win an election as we have seen today. meanwhile, on another note, the board of the naacp, the nation s most prominent civil rights group, passed a resolution saturday, endorsing same-sex marriage as a civil right. the resolution also opposes any efforts to quote codify discrimination or hatred into the law. joining me for more front-page politics, cnbc washington correspondent, political write, harwood and the reporter for the washington post, niyamalik henderson. this announcement the resolution from the naacp and the board voting to endorse marriage equality as a civil right. what do you make of this move?