And will farrell has a birthday today, and corey feltman. This is viewpoint. [ theme music ] john good evening, im john fugelsang, and this is viewpoint. We have got two major stories to start tonights program they both speak to the reality that poor americans feel like the country is passing them buy. A leading senator is calling on the house to come to conference and work out its differences with the senate on the farm bill. The house eliminated funding for food stamps in its version, the senate did not. Lets begin with Trayvon Martin. Protesters rallied in charleston, and other towns, where a sixwoman jury found George Zimmerman not guilty of shooting Trayvon Martin dead in an altercation. 13 people were arrested in los angeles last night after a Breakaway Group left the march, jumped on cars broke into a walmart and assaulted several people including a tv news camera crew. Last night one of the martin trial jurors told Anderson Cooper that George Zimmerman was guilty but only of us
surgical super pac. i think it could possibly be named the committee to unseat trump because i like the acronym c.u.t. enough is enough. i understand the cynicism. i am a republican, i m not disavowing the republican party. i m trying to stay in the party and reform the party and make the party more sensible. if you go way back in my background, you ll know i helped legalize gay marriage in new york and worked with chad griffin to nationalize the gay marriage movement. i m actually a libertarian in many ways, way to the left socially and just center right on business, joy. okay. i appreciate you being here. please keep us up to date on how the super pac goes. appreciate it. the haircut looks great, by the way. thank you very much. i m just throwing that out. thank you. i appreciate it. have a great day. conservative pundits taking a stand against trump.
on tv, online or streaming on the nbc sports live extra app. beginning february 6th, experience the winter games everywhere. welcome to what s next. comcast nbcuniversal . just about the bottom of the hour. if you watched the 56th annual grammy awards, it was one big love fest. the show did something they have never done before. they hosted a mass wedding for gays, straights, blacks and whites live during the show. officiating was queen latifah. macklemore performing the hit same love that is a social anthem for the gay marriage movement. here we go, america the brave
issued the following statement. just yesterday, they said that they are having comprehensive maintenance programs in place immediately after carnival triumph arrived safely in mobile. we assembled an expert team from across the company, as well as outside experts in the areas of fire, marine, technical and electrical systems, to complete a fleetwide assessment. and those numbers of ships are 23 in total. christine? all right, christina puig in miami, thank you. a cnn tv exclusive, the gay marriage movement, has a new supporter this morning. and it s something of a shocker. republican senator rob portman. staunch conservative. announcing a stunning reversal in an exclusive tv interview with our own dana bash. portman now supporting gay marriage, after learning two years ago his son will is gay. what was your reaction when he told you? love. support. you know, 110%.
the u.s. consulate in benghazi from september, this morning behind bars. could we finally learn more about what sparked the violence that killed four americans? and a disturbing video of a 4-year-old attacked by a dog and terrifying moments all caught on camera. plus it s now a 10-day winning streak for the dow. not just markets seeing a boost, it s turning more americans into millionaires. it is friday, march 15th, and starting point begins right now. our starting point is a cnn exclusive. the gay marriage movement getting an unexpected lift from a most unlikely backer. one of the leading conservative voices on capitol hill, republican senator rob portman of ohio is reversing his position on the issue after his son revealed that he is gay. cnn s chief congressional