marriage have long pressed for the president to say just those words. but for the past two years, he and the white house would only go so far as to categorize his position on same-sex marriage as one that was in the process of evolving. whether gays and lesbians should be able to get married, i ve spoken about this recently, as i ve said. my feelings about this are constantly evolving. i struggle with this. you ve said your position is evolving. you said you re struggling with it. what more do you need to know? well, you know, i probably won t make news right now, george, but i think there s no doubt that as i see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how i think about these issues. again, what i know is what his position was during the campaign and what it is now. you know, he s been very clear about it, he was very clear in the campaign, he s very clear about the fact that his position that it s evolving. the
points. that continues to fluctuate. coming up in a couple of minutes. i ll speak live with the man who ran the government s bank bailout a couple of years ago. by the way, he agrees with the downgrading of the u.s. credit rating. don t miss that conversation with him here. i do want to begin with this. the commander in chief of the u.s. armed forces is at dover air force base in delaware right now. president obama is attending the dignified transfer, right there, that s what the military calls the movement of war fatalities from the place they died back to american soil. those who arrive today are the 30 u.s. and eight afghan troops who died early saturday in the worst single-day loss for american forces in ten years of fighting in afghanistan. i want to talk about what is happening there today at dover air force base. what we re seeing and also what we re not seeing. barbara starr is live at the pentagon for us. barbara, i know it is a very solemn day for the president, f