expect your bank to do about it. claire mccasket the latest and biggest name in the string of democrats not packing their bags for charlotte. she is staying away from the democrat convention saying she wants to stay away instead. a milestone this morning. at least one state seeing gas prices falling below $3 a gallon. welcome news for those of you hitting the road for july fourth. plus, this. yes, yes, yes! oh, oh! i ll have what she s having. i bet that woke you up this morning. the scene from the classic when harry met sally. director, writer, master of movie magic norah ephron being remembered this morning for her iconic motion pictures. sleepless in seattle, you ve got mail. we re going back to the movies this morning in honor of nora. newsroom beginning right now. and good morning to you. i m carol costello. thank you for joining us. we begin in washington at the u.s. supreme court. a history-making decision over president obama s health care law will c
should be able to get married. truly historic and potentially watershed moment as president obama comes out, formally, publicly, enthusiastically in support of gay marriage and with the election less than six months away the political implications are enormous. we ll look at all of the potential fallout. reactions from both sides of this issue pouring in right now into the situation room. we will hear what influential groups and individuals are saying about the president s new position on gay marriage. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we re following the breaking news this hour. president obama announcing his support for same-sex marriage, a move with potentially huge political and social implications. listen to what he told abc news in a white house interview just a little while ago. over the course of several years, as i talk to friends and family and neighbors, when i think about members of my own staff who are i
exclusive interview with the arab league secretary general. you re in the situation room. newt gingrich may give it as the gift that keeps on giving. we re talking about the remark romney made right here on cnn that s gone viral that he s not concerned about the very poor because they have a safety net. rather, he s concerned about the middle class. newt gingrich is making the most of it as he and rochl any cmney in nevada. joe, what s the latest on this latest round between newt gingrich and mitt romney? wolf, clearly the gingrich campaign right now is trying to sort of capitalize, if you will, and use the recent remarks by mitt romney. but one of the things they ve been concerned about is getting out of the habit of engaging in a mud slinging match with mitt romney. gingrich clearly being advised how to focus also on his own ideas, his vision for the put to try to say positively what he is for. and they viewed these recent comments by mitt romney about the poor as a p
issue many people thought would settle. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the the situation room. president obama is going around congress for his latest plan. he is out west focusing in on the ongoing housing crisis that continues to drag down the u.s. economy. he wants it make it easier for a homeowners who are under water to refinance and he is unveiling his plan in one of hardest hit housing markets in the country. we are talking about las vegas nevada. jessica is joining us now with details. jessica, what is the president doing? he is rolling out a new plan to help homeowners drowning in massive mortgage payments who can t take advantage of the historically low interest rates because the value of their home has plummeted. that s the policy but there s politics here too. nevada, a must-win for the president in 2012. statewide home values have fallen 53% since the height of the crisis, 59% in las vegas. so that s where the president is unveiling his latest housing plan. so
president barack obama and his re-election campaign. the today the president and the jobs act face a critical vote, a important vote in the senate. they are pushing hard to rally support. if you wonder what the president jobs bill could mean for you, here s a brief overview. in addition to other things we re talking about extending the current payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits. there also would be new tax credits for businesses that hire people who are unemployed. president obama is in pittsburgh today where he will speak about his jobs bill less than one hour from now. this is an important last minute push was the senate is scheduled to hold a key procedural vote on whether it will consider that bill. white house correspondent dan lothian is traveling with the president and joins us live from pittsburgh. hi, there, dan. is the president preparing for the possibility that his jobs bill may not pass today s test in the senate? reporter: it it does appear that he is.